¹ Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1997. Democracy Still in the Making. Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

² Excerpted from the Moderator's Summary published as UN document ECN.6/1997/lL.2/Add.2

³ Dahlerup, Drude. 1988. "From a Small to a Large Minority: Theory of Critical Mass", Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 11. No. 4. pp. 275­298. See also her contribution in Chapter 4 of this handbook.WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

⁴ See also the case study on South Africa for a discussion on how national machinery can be established to get women into positions of power, as well as Chapter 4 on how quotas can help in this process.

⁵ Kathlene, L. 1995. "Position Power versus Gender Power: Who Holds the Floor?" R. M. Kelly. eds. In Duerst-Lahti & R. M. Kelly. eds. 1995, Gender Power, Leadership and Governance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 167­194.

⁶ Raaum, N. C. 1995. "The Political Representation of Women: a Birds Eye View." In Karvonen and Selle. eds. Women in Nordic Politics. London: Dartmouth Press.

⁷ Skjeie, Hege. 1991. "The Rhetoric of Difference: On Women's Inclusion in Political Elites." Politics and Society, No. 2. See also her case study on Norway in this volume.

⁸ See for example the South African experience in the case study in this volume.

⁹ Tamerius, K. L. 1995. "Sex, Gender, and Leadership in the Representation of Women." In Duerst-Lahti & R. M. Kelly. eds. Gender Power, Leadership and Governance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

¹⁰ This refers to the Senate hearing in the U.S. in 1991 regarding accusations by Anita Hill that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her. The Senate committee carrying out the investigation was all male.

¹¹ Karvonen, L., G. Djupsund and T. Carlson. 1995. "Political Language". In Karvonen and Selle. eds.

¹² Outschoorn, J. 1986. Women in Nordic Politics. "The Rules of the Game: Abortion Politics in The Netherlands". In J. Lovenduski and J. Outschoorn, eds. The New Politics of Abortion. London: Sage.

¹³ Refer to Chapter 4 by Drude Dahlerup for further elaboration on quota systems.

¹⁴ Refer to section on electoral systems by Richard E. Matland in Chapter 3 for elaboration on legislative representation.

¹⁵ See discussion by Dahlerup in Chapter 4.

¹⁶ D'Ancona, Hedy, "Politieke diva's rekenen af met de haantjestcultuur in Brussel" (Political divas reckon with the working culture of Brussels), in Opzij, December 1997.

¹⁷ See Inter-Parliamentary Union's references to this in Chapter 6.