{"product_id":"rural-womens-leadership-in-atlantic-canada-first-hand-perspectives-on-local-public-life-and-participation-in-electoral-politics-paperback-softback-9781487529765","title":"Rural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada; First-hand Perspectives on Local Public Life and Participation in Electoral Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487529765","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFirst-hand Perspectives on Local Public Life and Participation in Electoral Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLouise Carbert (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487529765\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 August 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people are aware of the large and persistent gender imbalance in elected office at all levels of government in Canada, but few appreciate the far greater imbalance that occurs outside of large cities. This deficit arises not from rural voter bias, but from low numbers of female candidates running for winnable seats. The question of why there are so few female candidates has been difficult to answer, largely because we know so little about the pool of potential candidates. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada\u003c\/em\u003e presents results from a regional field-based study, which confronted this challenge directly for the first time. Louise Carbert gathered together small groups of rural community leaders (126 women in all) throughout the four Atlantic provinces, and interviewed them about their experiences and perceptions of leadership, public life, and running for elected office. Their answers paint a vivid picture of politics in rural communities, illustrating how it intersects with family life, work, and the overall local economy. Through discussion of their own reasoned aversion to holding elected office, and of resistance encountered by those who have put their names forward, the interviewees shed much-needed light on the pervasive barriers to the election of women. Carbert not only contextualizes the results in terms of economic and demographic structures of rural Atlantic Canada, but also considers points of comparison and contrast with other parts of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e An Interview Series in Atlantic Canada\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Leadership Characteristics of the Interviewees\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Images of Leadership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The Slushy Intersection between Politics and Family\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The Slushy Intersection between Politics and Occupation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The Slushy Intersection between Politics and the Local Economy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Structural Contours of Rural Women’s Leadership in Atlantic Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e References\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595785367832,"sku":"9781487529765","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rural-womens-leadership-in-atlantic-canada-first-hand-perspectives-on-local-public-life-and-participation-in-electoral-politics-paperback-softback-9781487529765","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}