Department of Political Science Quotas as a “Fast Track” to Equal Political Representation for Women Why Scandinavia is no longer the model by Drude Dahlerup and Lenita Freidenvall Paper presented at the IPSA World Congress, Durban, South Africa, June 29 to July 4, 2003 and in the present updated version at the APSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, August 28 to 31, 2003. Drude Dahlerup Lenita Freidenvall Dept. of Political Science Dept. of Political Science Stockholm University Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm 106 91 Stockholm Sweden Sweden drude.dahlerup@statsvet.su.se lenita.freidenvall@statsvet.su.se www.statsvet.su.se www.statsvet.su.se