Entering the Political Elite in Canada: The Case of Minority Women as Parliamentary Candidates and MPs

ID:	HARP-546
Title:	Entering the Political Elite in Canada: The Case of Minority Women as Parliamentary Candidates and MPs
Source:	Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, May2000, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p143, 24p
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Year:	2000
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Keywords:	Canada, gender equality, human rights, non-discrimination, woman, politics, civil and political rights, minority rights
Abstract:	This study examines minority women as a new social group seeking access to the political elite, emphasizing the consequences of their “double minority” status. The analysis considers two career path models that make alternative characterizations about the recruitment barriers faced by new social groups and that yield different expectations about the resources held by minority women compared with more established groups. The main results, based on a 1993 Canadian survey of parliamentary candidates, supplemented by information on MPs, indicate more support for the “compensation” model and, generally, suggest that inequity continues to characterize the process of political elite access.
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