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A constitutional perspective on electoral gender quotas
2022Abstract: Countries around the world have witnessed a tremendous increase in women’s numerical representation in Parliament. This has largely been attributed to the introduction of gender quotas in more than 130 countries world-wide. Countries, however, vary as to whether they introduce gender quotas and in what form.
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Comparative Political Studies, 2013
Electoral gender quotas have become the subject of a growing literature in comparative politics, with the potential to affect how scholars study a wide range of electoral and representative processes. Yet, debates have emerged over how to define and categorize these policies, with implications for the ability to compare cases and draw broader ...
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Electoral gender quotas have become the subject of a growing literature in comparative politics, with the potential to affect how scholars study a wide range of electoral and representative processes. Yet, debates have emerged over how to define and categorize these policies, with implications for the ability to compare cases and draw broader ...
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Gender Equality from Beneath: Electoral Gender Quotas in Poland
Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, 2013Abstract This article explores the introduction of electoral gender quotas and the unprecedented social mobilization in pursuit of gender equality in Poland. The quota law was adopted as a citizens’ initiative organized by the Congress of Women, a new women’s movement.
Anna Śledzińska-Simon, Adam Bodnar
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The Rise of Gender Quota Laws: Expanding the Spectrum of Determinants for Electoral Reform
West European Politics, 2011The seminal work of Arend Lijphart, Electoral Systems and Party Systems (1994), limits the definition of electoral reforms to those affecting electoral formulas, district magnitudes, assembly size, or electoral thresholds. Following this definition, studies on electoral reform have put political parties and their motivations at centre stage.
Celis, Karen, Petra, Meier, Krook, M.l.
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Electorally Threatening Women? Understanding Gender Quotas in the French Socialist Party
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 2006ABSTRACT Almost three decades ago, the French Socialist Party (PS) adopted a quota for women in the party leadership and for female candidates, and in the ensuing 25 years, the quota was increased and implemented at various times. The history of the PS' s gender-based quota raises the following questions: Why do party leaders adopt gender quotas at one
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Are Women Better Politicians? Discrimination, Gender Quotas, and Electoral Accountability
Gender quotas have been instrumental in addressing the political underrepresentation of women, and there is growing evidence that politician gender may significantly affect public policy. Yet the sources of these gender differences have not been examined from an electoral accountability perspective, nor has the role of having a quota system in place ...Zuheir Desai +2 more
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From Rejection to Mandate: Electoral Gender Quotas in India
This chapter traces the evolution and persistence of electoral gender quotas, focusing on India's transformation from categorical rejection to constitutional mandate. Early women's movements opposed reservations, viewing them as incompatible with formal equality and too closely associated with caste-based reservation policies. Drawing on constitutionalopenaire +1 more source
Mandatory Electoral Gender Quotas in Georgia 2022
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Discussion Papers, 2022openaire +1 more source
Democracy and the Adoption of Electoral Gender Quotas Worldwide
Comparative Politics, 2021Par Zetterberg +2 more
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Efficiency of electoral gender quotas after 25years of the beijing platform
2020The issue of women’s presence in politics is one of the key indicators of equality and is treated as a process of democratisation. On the eve of the anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, more than half of the countries use institutional mechanisms to increase women’s participation in decision-making bodies (gender quotas), 24.5% of the world’s MPs ...
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