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Political parties critically shape women’s ability to enter political office, yet they often remain the ‘missing variable’ in studies of gender and political participation. The papers on this panel collectively address this gap, evaluating the current scholarship on gender and party politics and offering new theoretical and empirical directions for research. The papers speak to multiple, yet related, outcomes: women’s success in navigating the “secret” garden of candidate recruitment; the gendered dynamics of party formation and competition, and the interaction between candidate selection rules, gender quotas, and women’s interest representation. The papers are also broadly comparative, developing their analyses using global data as well as original research conducted by the authors in Western Europe and Africa. As a whole, the panel takes the research agenda on women, gender and political parties forward, providing new insights into how political parties encourage or block women’s and men’s access to political office.
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Keeping Women Out: Parties, Power and Gender Bias in Candidate Recruitment | View Paper Details |
How Inclusive is the Feminist Initiative? Revisiting Theories on Political Recruitment in a Party with Female Politicians | View Paper Details |
Contagion Theory Revisited: When Do Political Parties Compete on Women’s Representation | View Paper Details |
Room to Work: Electoral Systems, Gender Quotas, and Women’s Substantive Representation | View Paper Details |
The Gender Quota Law vs. Male Power Monopolies in Uruguay’s 2014 Elections: A Losing Battle | View Paper Details |