The Ohio State University

Department of Sociology : People : Melanie M. Hughes

Books

Paxton, Pamela and Melanie Hughes. 2007. Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

Journal Publications

Hughes, Melanie M. Forthcoming. “Armed Conflict, International Linkages, and Women’s Parliamentary Representation in Developing Nations.” Social Problems. Download Abstract

Hughes, Melanie M., Lindsey Peterson, Jill Ann Harrison, and Pamela Paxton. Forthcoming. “Power and Relation in the World Polity: The INGO Network Country Score, 1978-1998.” Social Forces. Download Abstract

Hughes, Melanie M. and Pamela Paxton. Forthcoming. “Continuous Change, Episodes, and Critical Periods: A Framework for Understanding Women's Political Representation Over Time.” Politics & Gender. Download Abstract

Downey, Douglas, Paul von Hippel, and Melanie M. Hughes. Forthcoming. “Are ‘Failing’ School Really Failing? Using Seasonal Comparisons to Separate School from Non-School Effects on Learning.” Sociology of Education. Download Abstract

Hughes, Melanie M. 2007-8. “Windows of Political Opportunity: Institutional Instability and Gender Inequality in the World’s National Legislatures.” International Journal of Sociology 37(4):26-51. Download Abstract

Hughes, Melanie and Pamela Paxton. 2007. “Familiar Theories from a New Perspective: The Implications of a Longitudinal Approach to Women in Politics Research.” Politics & Gender 3(3):370-378. Download Abstract

Paxton, Pamela, Sheri Kunovich, and Melanie M. Hughes. 2007. “Gender in Politics.” Annual Review of Sociology 33:263-284. Link to Paper

Paxton, Pamela, Melanie M. Hughes, and Jennifer Green. 2006. “The International Women’s Movement and Women’s Political Representation, 1893-2003.” American Sociological Review 71(6):898-920. Link to Paper Download Appendix

Under Review

Hughes, Melanie M. “Living History: The Continuing Effects of Colonialism on Women’s Legislative Representation Cross-Nationally.” Revise and re-submit at Sociological Forum. Download Abstract

Paxton, Pamela, Melanie M. Hughes and Matthew Painter. “Year of the Woman, Decade of the Man: Trajectories of Growth in Women’s Statehouse Representation.” Revise and re-submit at Social Science Research.

In Progress

Hughes, Melanie M. “Regulating Diversity: Quotas and the Representation of Women, Minorities, and Minority Women in National Legislatures.”

Hughes, Melanie M. “The Political Representation of Muslim Women in the West.”

Paxton, Pamela, Melanie M. Hughes, and Matthew Painter. “Growth in Women's Political Representation : A Longitudinal Exploration of Democracy, Electoral System, and Gender Quotas”

Peterson, Lindsey and Melanie. M. Hughes. “The World Polity and Human Rights Violations Worldwide, 1975-2000.”

Tripp, Aili and Melanie M. Hughes. “Armed Conflict and Women’s Political Representation in Africa, 1955-2005.”

Copies are available from Pine Forge Press, Amazon, as well as from other online retailers.

Book Reviews

“This book could be THE best, most comprehensive global comparison of elected and appointed women in high-level political institutions: chief executives, legislatures, parliaments, and cabinet positions.”

--Kathleen Staudt, Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso

“It makes a terrific undergraduate text. . . . Frankly, I think it’s the best book of its genre out there, and I’ve looked extensively. . . . Overall, the work is comprehensive without being overbearing, and it is simply really good.”

--Deirdre M. Condit, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Political Science/Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University

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