Studies of candidate selection have shown that formal rules alone cannot explain the low
number of female candidates. Scholarship focusing on both demand and supply sides of …

Political parties shape electoral outcomes by determining who stands for election and what
campaign resources they have at their disposal. The introduction of gender quotas have led …

The party politics literature suggests that an institutionalized party system can be key for well-
functioning democracies. Do the benefits of strong parties also extend to women's …

While the literature highlights the relevance of informal rules for candidate selection,
empirical research has mainly focused on formal rules and procedures. This article …

This volume addresses how parties across Europe put gender quotas in political
representation into practice. The present chapter frames the main debates, advances, and …

Latin American countries have struggled to improve the quality of democracy after the
transition from authoritarian regimes. Countries have adopted various measures, including …

Abstract In a 2021 Special Issue in European Political Science, Anika Gauja and Karina
Kosiara-Pedersen review the sub-field of party politics research. In doing so, they argue …

The underrepresentation of young adults is widespread in the parliaments of Western
democracies. Yet evidence suggests that voters do not have a negative bias towards young …

Coalitional presidentialism is a power-sharing strategy deployed in multiparty presidentialist
democracies that entails the distribution of cabinet positions to coalition partners to facilitate …

Parue il y a près de vingt ans, la première édition de Québécoises et représentation
parlementaire tentait de comprendre de quelle façon, entre 1791 et 2004, les Québécoises …