Fiona Myers’s scientific contributions

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Towards a New Politics? Women and the Constitutional Change in Scotland
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January 2003

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Fiona Myers

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Constitutional change has transformed the political voice and role of women in Scotland. One of the most striking features of the post-1997 restructuring of the British state has been the creation of a devolved Scottish parliament with initially 37 and now 39.5 per cent female elected members — one of the highest proportions in the world.1 Furthermore, under the parliament’s power-sharing model, there are increased opportunities for women as citizens to participate in policy development.

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... Discourse about women representation and representativeness in electoral politics has gained ascendancy (Sharrow, Strolovitch, Heaney, Masket and Miller, 2016;Carroll andDittmar, 2010'Chaney, 2012;Mackay, 2004;2003;Mackay, Myers and Brown, 2003). However, much of the discourse had focused more on symbolic representation of women especially as it relates to numbers in parliaments against substantive representation within the public political sphere and how this impact the protection and advancement of women's rights and interest (Rumbul, 2016: 64). ...

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PATRIARCHY, RELIGION AND WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
Towards a New Politics? Women and the Constitutional Change in Scotland
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Fiona Myers

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