This article argues that the low levels of descriptive representation of women in local political office in Mexico and Latin America is much more than a problem of the purported patriarchal cultures of indigenous and rural communities. We claim, based on a comprehensive survey of 466 municipal governments in the indigenous state of Oaxaca, that the underrepresentation of women is a function of institutions limiting female candidates. We test this “candidate supply” hypothesis, adapted from US-based studies, against the hypothesis that culture – as measured by indigenous ethnicity – has an independent effect on women’s representation. We disconfirm that patriarchal, traditionalist cultures of indigenous communities cause underrepresentation ...
In this paper the indigenous women access to posts in the municipalcouncils of the state municipalit...
Inclusive democracy is affected in contexts where structural barriers proliferate that limit access ...
The article analizes the conditions in which women farmers incorporate into México’s\ud exports proc...
"This article argues that the low levels of descriptive representation of women in local political o...
This article discusses the political representation of indigenous women considering its symbolic dim...
<p>The recognition of Usos y Costumbres as a form of self-government in the municipalities of Oaxaca...
Literature on women’s political participation has questioned the meaning of representation and has b...
Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre la participación de las mujeres en los gobiernos municipa...
When studying gender–based practices, Mexican based research has analysed traditions and socially co...
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she ed...
Elsa Chaney (1979) argued that women legislators in Latin America exhibit a supermadre approach in t...
Artículo originalThis paper uses the Mexican case to explore outstanding questions in the connection...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
The objective of the research is to understand the access to political spaces of indigenous women, t...
This research document presents the political participation of women in the municipality of uses and...
In this paper the indigenous women access to posts in the municipalcouncils of the state municipalit...
Inclusive democracy is affected in contexts where structural barriers proliferate that limit access ...
The article analizes the conditions in which women farmers incorporate into México’s\ud exports proc...
"This article argues that the low levels of descriptive representation of women in local political o...
This article discusses the political representation of indigenous women considering its symbolic dim...
<p>The recognition of Usos y Costumbres as a form of self-government in the municipalities of Oaxaca...
Literature on women’s political participation has questioned the meaning of representation and has b...
Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre la participación de las mujeres en los gobiernos municipa...
When studying gender–based practices, Mexican based research has analysed traditions and socially co...
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she ed...
Elsa Chaney (1979) argued that women legislators in Latin America exhibit a supermadre approach in t...
Artículo originalThis paper uses the Mexican case to explore outstanding questions in the connection...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
The objective of the research is to understand the access to political spaces of indigenous women, t...
This research document presents the political participation of women in the municipality of uses and...
In this paper the indigenous women access to posts in the municipalcouncils of the state municipalit...
Inclusive democracy is affected in contexts where structural barriers proliferate that limit access ...
The article analizes the conditions in which women farmers incorporate into México’s\ud exports proc...