Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson is Professor of Political Science and affiliated faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University.

• Chapter 1 - Dilemmas in the Meaning and Measurement of Representation (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; Part I: Theoretical Aspects of Studying Representation ; Chapter 2 - Plotting the Path from One to the Other: Women's Interests and Political Representation (Karen Beckwith) ; Chapter 3 - Intersectional Representation or Representing Intersectionality? Reshaping Empirical Analysis of Intersectionality (Ange-Marie Hancock) ; Chapter 4 - Representing Women: Defining Substantive Representation of Women (Drude Dahlerup) ; Part II: Representation: Gaining Presence in Politics ; Chapter 5 - The Effect of Preferential Voting on Women's Representation (Richard Matland and Emelie Lilliefeldt) ; Chapter 6 - Gender, High Courts and Ideas about Representation in Western Europe (Valerie Hoekstra, Miki Kittilson and Elizabeth Andrews) ; Chapter 7 - Political Inclusion and Representation of Afrodescendant Women in Latin America (Mala Htun) ; Part III: Representation: Securing Women's Interests in Policy ; Chapter 8 - How Civil Society Represents Women: Feminists, Catholics, and Mobilization Strategies in Africa (Alice Kang) ; Chapter 9 - Unpacking Women's Issues: Gender and Policymaking on Health Care, Education, and Women's Health in the U.S. Senate (Michele Swers) ; Chapter 10 - Representing Women's Interests and Intersections of Gender, Race and Ethnicity in U.S. State Legislatures (Beth Reingold and Kerry Haynie) ; Chapter 11 - Representing Women: Empirical Insights from Legislatures and Cabinets in Latin America (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Leslie Schwindt-Bayer and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; Part IV: Representation: Women and Beyond ; Chapter 12 - Does Presence Produce Representation of Interests? (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; References ; Index

Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson is Professor of Political Science and affiliated faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University.

• Chapter 1 - Dilemmas in the Meaning and Measurement of Representation (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; Part I: Theoretical Aspects of Studying Representation ; Chapter 2 - Plotting the Path from One to the Other: Women's Interests and Political Representation (Karen Beckwith) ; Chapter 3 - Intersectional Representation or Representing Intersectionality? Reshaping Empirical Analysis of Intersectionality (Ange-Marie Hancock) ; Chapter 4 - Representing Women: Defining Substantive Representation of Women (Drude Dahlerup) ; Part II: Representation: Gaining Presence in Politics ; Chapter 5 - The Effect of Preferential Voting on Women's Representation (Richard Matland and Emelie Lilliefeldt) ; Chapter 6 - Gender, High Courts and Ideas about Representation in Western Europe (Valerie Hoekstra, Miki Kittilson and Elizabeth Andrews) ; Chapter 7 - Political Inclusion and Representation of Afrodescendant Women in Latin America (Mala Htun) ; Part III: Representation: Securing Women's Interests in Policy ; Chapter 8 - How Civil Society Represents Women: Feminists, Catholics, and Mobilization Strategies in Africa (Alice Kang) ; Chapter 9 - Unpacking Women's Issues: Gender and Policymaking on Health Care, Education, and Women's Health in the U.S. Senate (Michele Swers) ; Chapter 10 - Representing Women's Interests and Intersections of Gender, Race and Ethnicity in U.S. State Legislatures (Beth Reingold and Kerry Haynie) ; Chapter 11 - Representing Women: Empirical Insights from Legislatures and Cabinets in Latin America (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Leslie Schwindt-Bayer and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; Part IV: Representation: Women and Beyond ; Chapter 12 - Does Presence Produce Representation of Interests? (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; References ; Index

Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson is Professor of Political Science and affiliated faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University.

• Chapter 1 - Dilemmas in the Meaning and Measurement of Representation (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; Part I: Theoretical Aspects of Studying Representation ; Chapter 2 - Plotting the Path from One to the Other: Women's Interests and Political Representation (Karen Beckwith) ; Chapter 3 - Intersectional Representation or Representing Intersectionality? Reshaping Empirical Analysis of Intersectionality (Ange-Marie Hancock) ; Chapter 4 - Representing Women: Defining Substantive Representation of Women (Drude Dahlerup) ; Part II: Representation: Gaining Presence in Politics ; Chapter 5 - The Effect of Preferential Voting on Women's Representation (Richard Matland and Emelie Lilliefeldt) ; Chapter 6 - Gender, High Courts and Ideas about Representation in Western Europe (Valerie Hoekstra, Miki Kittilson and Elizabeth Andrews) ; Chapter 7 - Political Inclusion and Representation of Afrodescendant Women in Latin America (Mala Htun) ; Part III: Representation: Securing Women's Interests in Policy ; Chapter 8 - How Civil Society Represents Women: Feminists, Catholics, and Mobilization Strategies in Africa (Alice Kang) ; Chapter 9 - Unpacking Women's Issues: Gender and Policymaking on Health Care, Education, and Women's Health in the U.S. Senate (Michele Swers) ; Chapter 10 - Representing Women's Interests and Intersections of Gender, Race and Ethnicity in U.S. State Legislatures (Beth Reingold and Kerry Haynie) ; Chapter 11 - Representing Women: Empirical Insights from Legislatures and Cabinets in Latin America (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Leslie Schwindt-Bayer and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; Part IV: Representation: Women and Beyond ; Chapter 12 - Does Presence Produce Representation of Interests? (Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson) ; References ; Index