Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant theories on campaigning tend to ignore gender. In addressing this lacuna, this article argues that the widespread belief that women are better at mobilizing women means that female candidates tend to invest more significant effort into cultivating a core constituency of women on the basis of gender identity. In contrast, male candidates tend to delegate women-mobilization tasks to female surrogates. An analysis of approximately 1,000 newspaper articles reveals that the “most different” female candidates in Chile and Brazil consistently met with female voters early in their campaigns, evoked gender identities and promised pro-women change. The “...
This article argues that the low levels of descriptive representation of women in local political of...
introduces the explanations that are likely to account for the presence of women in electedoffices. ...
La cobertura periodística con sesgo sexista tiene un impacto negativo para las políticas y candidata...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
Under what conditions do women in office leverage their power on behalf of women? Despite Latin Amer...
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she ed...
With the increasing number of women in positions of political leadership, studies have begun to sugg...
In recent decades, women have gained previously unthinkable spaces, becoming an important actor both...
Several women have been successful candidates in Latin American presidential elections during the la...
The central question of this investigation is if both female and male candidates for Mexico City’s c...
While many speculate that the U.S. could elect its first female president in 2016 with Hillary Clint...
Abstract: Latin American women’s accession to executive and legislative offi ce has been accompanied...
This article seeks to analyze gender policy, since this type of actions was disseminated in Latin Am...
The present article explores the characteristics of women's movements in four countries of South Ame...
This article argues that the low levels of descriptive representation of women in local political of...
introduces the explanations that are likely to account for the presence of women in electedoffices. ...
La cobertura periodística con sesgo sexista tiene un impacto negativo para las políticas y candidata...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
Under what conditions do women in office leverage their power on behalf of women? Despite Latin Amer...
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she ed...
With the increasing number of women in positions of political leadership, studies have begun to sugg...
In recent decades, women have gained previously unthinkable spaces, becoming an important actor both...
Several women have been successful candidates in Latin American presidential elections during the la...
The central question of this investigation is if both female and male candidates for Mexico City’s c...
While many speculate that the U.S. could elect its first female president in 2016 with Hillary Clint...
Abstract: Latin American women’s accession to executive and legislative offi ce has been accompanied...
This article seeks to analyze gender policy, since this type of actions was disseminated in Latin Am...
The present article explores the characteristics of women's movements in four countries of South Ame...
This article argues that the low levels of descriptive representation of women in local political of...
introduces the explanations that are likely to account for the presence of women in electedoffices. ...
La cobertura periodística con sesgo sexista tiene un impacto negativo para las políticas y candidata...