This essay reviews two research programs. The first focuses on variations in the number of
women elected to national parliaments in the world (descriptive representation), and the …

During the past decade governments around the globe have introduced institutional
mechanisms to promote the advancement of women, including measures to increase …

Empirical studies have demonstrated that compared to almost all other parties, populist
radical right (PRR) parties draw more votes from men than from women. However, the two …

The authors extend previous research on women's participation in politics by examining the
role of female elites in political parties in selecting and supporting women as political …

It was not long after the election of a record number of women to the House of Commons in
1997 that the backlash began. The criticism was all-encompassing: they wore the wrong …

It has often been argued theoretically that a 'critical mass,'ranging from 10 to 35 per cent
women, is needed before major changes in legislative institutions, behaviour, policy …

Women and British Party Politics examines the characteristics of women's participation at the
mass and elite level in contemporary British politics; as voters, party members and elected …

Quotas for women in politics have diffused rapidly around the globe in recent years, with
political parties and national legislatures in more than a hundred countries adopting–or …

Understanding and analysing the complexity and contingency of what is 'going on'with the
substantive representation of women (SRW) requires a 'thick'contextual framework …

Who governs is a traditional question in the study of politics: who is absent and who is
present in the domains of public power? Feminist political scientists have taken and …