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Book review: 1. Anne Phillips: Multiculturalism without culture. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton Univ. Press 2007, 202 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-12944-0. 2. Judith Squires: The new politics of gender equality. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2007, 206 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-00769-7.

Norway has achieved an almost unique degree of representation by women in Parliament & cabinet-level positions, indicating the acceptance of gender difference & recognition of gender issues in national politics, though these women are not necessarily aligned with women's issues. While this disparity does not prove the operation of any co-optation mechanism, the danger that gender rhetoric may lead to a situation in which the presence of women in politics is seen as a sufficient advance in itself must be recognized. Comments are presented from surveys of members of Parliament & interviews with cabinet ministers. 2 Tables, 2 Figures. A. Levine

Explores the feminization of Norwegian national politics due, in part, to the influence of the women's movement on party-based selection and nomination processes.