An eye-opening study of the differences in media coverage of men and women in Canadian politics, and the barriers this poses to gender equality in political representation.
Description
In the last fifty years, many of the institutional and societal barriers keeping Canadian women from public office have disappeared. Yet today, women hold only a quarter of the seats in the House of Commons – a proportion that rose by just seven percentage points between 1993 and 2011. In this illuminating study, Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant examines a significant obstacle still facing women in political life: gendered media coverage. Based on interviews with MPs and party leaders, and on an analysis of print and television media in the 2000 and 2006 federal elections, Gendered News reveals an unsettling climate that affects the success of women in office, and that could deter them from running at all.
Awards
- Short-listed, Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association 2014
- Winner, Pierre Savard Award, International Council for Canadian Studies 2016