Women's underrepresentation in American politics is often attributed to relatively low levels
of political ambition. Yet scholarship still grapples with a major leak in the pipeline to power …

Recent global developments, including the feminization of parliaments and the rise of
gender quotas, have transformed the ways in which parties and legislatures operate. This …

The conventional wisdom suggests that women have less political ambition than men. The
notion that women can solve the problem of their political underrepresentation by just …

Party office is a crucial political resource for those seeking a political career. It provides
advantageous access to the distribution of the patronage parties are entitled to in party …

While women citizens have less political ambition than similarly situated men across a wide
range of contexts, we know less about gender differences in progressive ambition–elected …

Pundits and scholars alike point to recent elections as evidence of a changing American
electorate with women of color (WOC) at the center of creating a more diverse electorate …

This paper not only considers whether encouragement can be an effective tool for
increasing political ambition, but it also asks whether the source of that encouragement …

Ghana, an emerging democracy, lags far behind in women's representation in Parliament.
This article, based on interviews with delegates, aspirants, candidates, Members of …

Unlike many other countries, the US has not adopted sets of laws or voluntary policies, such
as quotas or “all-women short lists” in the UK, to increase women's representation. In lieu of …

This research provides new theoretical and empirical insights into the gender politics of the
springboards to chief executive office. The extremely masculinised composition of the …