This article extensively reviews applications, extensions, and models derived from the
Bayesian ideal point estimator. We focus our attention on studies conducted in the United …

Do electoral quotas promote or impede candidates moving up the political ladder? While
quotas facilitate initial entry into politics, their impact on subsequent career advancement …

A widespread assumption in political science research and among the public is that
politicians from marginalized groups, including women, disadvantaged racial–ethnic groups …

Elected officials routinely do not reflect the racial diversity of the citizenry. In Latin America,
these descriptive gaps are particularly pronounced. A growing number of studies investigate …

What determines which identity cleavage, ethnicity or religion, is mobilized in political
contestation, be it peaceful or violent? In contrast to common predictions that the greatest …

We know little about the general geographic allocation of development projects in post-
conflict regions, and specifically of gender-focused projects. In this study, we explore …

Black women who seek and win elected office are changing the political landscape in the
Americas. In Latin America, this shift became widely recognized when Epsy Campbell Barr …

A partir de emparejar y contrastar los datos de registro del órgano electoral local con los
datos recabados a partir de una encuesta realizada a candidatos/as a ayuntamientos y …

The political scene has long been a male dominated one, with women excluded from and
limited in political recruitment processes. Electoral gender quotas are designed to combat …