Measuring Women’s Political Empowerment across the Globe

1. Introduction to Measuring Women’s Political Empowerment Across the Globe: Strategies, Challenges, and Future Research
Amy C. Alexander, Catherine Bolzendahl, Farida Jalalzai

2. Women’s Political Empowerment Through Public Opinion Research: The Citizen Perspective
Amy C. Alexander, Hilde Coffé

3. The Status of Women’s Political Empowerment Worldwide
Senem Ertan, Catalina Monroy, Juan Pablo Vallejo, Germán Romero, Ana Catalina Erazo

4. Intersectionality and Women’s Political Empowerment Worldwide
Melanie M. Hughes, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow

5. Social Movements as Women’s Political Empowerment: The Case for Measurement
Kathleen M. Fallon, Heidi E. Rademacher

6. Women’s Empowerment at the Local Level
Aksel Sundström, Lena Wängnerud

7. Electing Women to National Legislatures
Diana Z. O’Brien, Jennifer M. Piscopo

8. Legislatures as Gendered Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment as Political Elites
Catherine Bolzendahl

9. The Empowerment of Women in Diplomacy
Ann Towns, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Birgitta Niklasson

10. Measuring Women’s Judicial Empowerment as Part of Political Empowerment
Sally J. Kenney

11. Women Cabinet Ministers in Highly Visible Posts and Empowerment of Women: Are the Two Related?
Tiffany D. Barnes, Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson

12. Women Heads of State and Government
Farida Jalalzai

13. Conclusions and Further Directions
Amy C. Alexander, Catherine Bolzendahl, Farida Jalalzai

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, Politics and Gender, Democracy, Legislative and Executive Politics