Journal article
Party Quotas and Rising Women Politicians in Singapore
Abstract
Women were severely underrepresented in Singapore's early politics. From 1970 to 1984, not a single female member was found in the Parliament. Unlike the experiences of Taiwan and South Korea in this issue, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore faced no similar pressure from the opposition parties or feminist groups to adopt gender quotas to “fast track” women into politics (Dahlerup and Freidenvall 2005). Yet, the total number of …
Authors
Tan N
Journal
Politics & Gender, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 196–207
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
March 2015
DOI
10.1017/s1743923x14000646
ISSN
1743-923X