Female Candidates: Entrance, Emergence, and Attitudes

Abstract

What causes the emergence and success of female candidates for political office? This panel examines the circumstances around candidates emergence for political office, including how women decide to run for office, how political parties can support women in office, how contextual factors like corruption can encourage women in office, and the importance of understanding feminist attitudes and feminists in political office. The papers on the panel approach these questions from multiple disciplines, using a variety of methods from qualitative to quantitative to experimental, and evaluate women across a broad spectrum of countries.

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The Elephant in the Room: Conservative Women’s Groups and Republican Women Candidates in U.S. Elections	View Paper Details
Whose Interests? Third Wave Feminism and the Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Women and Feminists	View Paper Details
Where are all the Women? Where are all the Women? The Political Ambition Gap in the Republic of Ireland	View Paper Details
Women Entering the Political Field: Obstacles and Encouragements	View Paper Details
Women Don't Run: Gender Differences in Candidate Entry	View Paper Details