Personalism or party platform? Gender quotas and women's representation under different electoral system orientations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Underrepresentation of women in politics is a matter of great concern to social scientists, citizens, and policymakers alike. Despite effort over the past decade to ameliorate it with gender quotas of different types, scientific research provides a mixed
Aliza Forman-Rabinovici, Lilach Nir
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How Do Electoral Gender Quotas Affect Policy? [PDF]
Annual Review of Political Science, 2021 Electoral gender quotas now exist in a majority of national legislatures worldwide. In general, quotas are followed by greater legislative attention to the interests and priorities of women as a group. Across cases, effects have been most pronounced on issues related to women's rights, public health, and poverty alleviation. Quotas can influence policy
Amanda Clayton
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GENDERIZING OF THE PARTICIPATION RIGHT IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: THE ELECTORAL QUOTA AND FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN ALBANIA [PDF]
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 2021 This paper is focused on the Albanian electoral system, its total inclusion approach, protection and promotion of gender characteristics, historical and legal developments on the gender quotas necessity, the comparison in time and space, the barriers and
Evis Garunja
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The Impact of Electoral Gender Quotas on Women’s Political Participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Politics in Central Europe, 2023 Although representing half of the world population, women remain largely excluded from political power and government structures. Various strategies have been introduced to increase women’s political representation, including electoral gender quotas ...
Merdanović Ajla Van Heel +1 more
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Quota Shocks: Electoral Gender Quotas and Government Spending Priorities Worldwide
Journal of Politics, 2018 The rapid expansion of electoral gender quotas in the past few decades has been met with considerable scholarly and public attention.
Amanda Clayton, Par Zetterberg
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The impact of gender quotas on electoral participation: Evidence from Italian municipalities [PDF]
European Journal of Political Economy, 2014 Abstract We analyze the effect of gender quotas on electoral participation by using a dataset regarding Italian municipal elections. Gender quotas were in force in Italy from 1993 to 1995. Given the short period covered by the reform, some municipalities never voted using a gender quota.
Maria De Paola +2 more
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Electoral competition and gender quotas: dearth of female applicants or structural resistance? [PDF]
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2020 Gender equality has been a major discussion item on the French Ministry of Sports’ agenda in recent years.
Annabelle Caprais
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Why gender quotas don´t work in Brazil? The role of the electoral system and political finance
Colombia Internacional, 2018 This article seeks to explain why Brazil, despite implementing a gender quotas policy for almost 20 years, has the least number of women in national legislatures of all countries in the Americas. It compares key institutional variables, deemed central to
Teresa Sacchet
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UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF ELECTORAL GENDER QUOTAS
Pravni VjesnikThe article studies the legal issue of women’s political (under)representation in the Croatian Parliament from the independence of the Republic of Croatia to the present day, with a special focus on the ineffectiveness of electoral gender quotas as ...
Mira Lulić, Sanda Pašuld
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Does Gender Based Representation Matters in Fostering Political Inclusion of Women in Local Governments? A Case of India [PDF]
SocioEconomic Challenges, 2023 How does the legally established gender quota in local self-government bodies affect the level of representation of women in power? How does the representation of women in power increase effective political participation? Previous studies were devoted to
Bishnu Prasad Mohapatra +2 more
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