Proponents of electoral quota laws suggest that equitable representation will deepen democratization and transform policy outcomes. Eleven Latin American countries have gender quotas, but their efficacy varies: women’s parliamentary representation ranges from 35% in Costa Rica to 6% in Honduras. Systematic, cross-national analysis reveals that institutional engineering intersects with gender disadvantages in politics. This interaction creates conditions under which quotas succeed or fail. Long-term effects include whether quotas meaningfully empower female legislators and whether greater gender representation transforms policy outcomes. This paper explores the interaction between institutions and gender, using a case study from Argenti...
This article focuses on the design of subnational gender quotas in Argentina and Mexico and its conn...
For more than 20 years, gender quotas have been adopted and revised in Latin America and the world. ...
This work measures the long-term effects of gender representation quotas within Latin American count...
The recent election cycles of Latin American parliaments have seen increased women's representation ...
This article considers the impact of electoral quotas for women. Most studies have either focused on...
The driving question of this compilation thesis is whether quotas for political assemblies represent...
(150 words) Gender quotas have been adopted in over a hundred countries in an effort to address gend...
This study investigates the effects of gender quotas in national elections on political participatio...
Gender quotas have been held to have more far-reaching consequences than increasing women’s politica...
Given their potential to negatively impact men’s goal of staying in office, can gender quotas be ali...
Assuming gender neutrality in comparative analysis, i.e. not including either explicit or implicit r...
This article discusses the varying effects of quota systems, as they emerge from a scenario of wome...
Differences in the ability of quotas to increase the proportion of women in parliaments have often b...
Extant research demonstrates that gender quotas do increase women’s descriptive representation in na...
With the democratization of countries across the globe, women have realized a greater need for polit...
This article focuses on the design of subnational gender quotas in Argentina and Mexico and its conn...
For more than 20 years, gender quotas have been adopted and revised in Latin America and the world. ...
This work measures the long-term effects of gender representation quotas within Latin American count...
The recent election cycles of Latin American parliaments have seen increased women's representation ...
This article considers the impact of electoral quotas for women. Most studies have either focused on...
The driving question of this compilation thesis is whether quotas for political assemblies represent...
(150 words) Gender quotas have been adopted in over a hundred countries in an effort to address gend...
This study investigates the effects of gender quotas in national elections on political participatio...
Gender quotas have been held to have more far-reaching consequences than increasing women’s politica...
Given their potential to negatively impact men’s goal of staying in office, can gender quotas be ali...
Assuming gender neutrality in comparative analysis, i.e. not including either explicit or implicit r...
This article discusses the varying effects of quota systems, as they emerge from a scenario of wome...
Differences in the ability of quotas to increase the proportion of women in parliaments have often b...
Extant research demonstrates that gender quotas do increase women’s descriptive representation in na...
With the democratization of countries across the globe, women have realized a greater need for polit...
This article focuses on the design of subnational gender quotas in Argentina and Mexico and its conn...
For more than 20 years, gender quotas have been adopted and revised in Latin America and the world. ...
This work measures the long-term effects of gender representation quotas within Latin American count...