Are women and ethnic minorities set up to fail when they run in UK General Elections? Clara Kulich from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) presents findings from collaborative research with colleagues at the University of Exeter (UK) and the University of Queensland (Australia) which show that in past UK General Elections (2001 to 2010) women and ethnic minority candidates of the Conservative party were preferentially chosen to run for “hopeless seats” — that is, in constituencies where their party was likely to lose
Evidence suggests that as public opinion towards immigration becomes more negative, so the descripti...
New and old democracies alike strive to increase the representation of women and ethnic minorities t...
Purpose - This paper aims to investigate the phenomenon of the glass cliff, whereby women are more l...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE Publications via th...
Recent archival and experimental research has revealed that women are more likely than men to be app...
Recent archival and experimental research has revealed that women are more likely than men to be app...
Introduction: Glass cliff evidence shows that women and ethnic, racial, and immigration (ERI) groups...
The number of ethnic minority MPs and parliamentary candidates is on the rise – despite this, number...
Our study considered whether women candidates for state legislative office in the United States face...
Presented at the ECPG (European Conference on Politics and Gender), in Uppsala, Sweden (June, 2015)....
Women and members of other underrepresented groups who break through the glass ceiling often find th...
This study investigates the hypothesis that the glass cliff exists in Senate races for the United St...
There has been much research and conjecture concerning the barriers women face in trying to climb th...
Research into gender and leadership has tended to focus on the inequalities that women encounter whi...
The underrepresentation of ethnic minorities is gender-skewed as ethnic minority men are outnumbered...
Evidence suggests that as public opinion towards immigration becomes more negative, so the descripti...
New and old democracies alike strive to increase the representation of women and ethnic minorities t...
Purpose - This paper aims to investigate the phenomenon of the glass cliff, whereby women are more l...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE Publications via th...
Recent archival and experimental research has revealed that women are more likely than men to be app...
Recent archival and experimental research has revealed that women are more likely than men to be app...
Introduction: Glass cliff evidence shows that women and ethnic, racial, and immigration (ERI) groups...
The number of ethnic minority MPs and parliamentary candidates is on the rise – despite this, number...
Our study considered whether women candidates for state legislative office in the United States face...
Presented at the ECPG (European Conference on Politics and Gender), in Uppsala, Sweden (June, 2015)....
Women and members of other underrepresented groups who break through the glass ceiling often find th...
This study investigates the hypothesis that the glass cliff exists in Senate races for the United St...
There has been much research and conjecture concerning the barriers women face in trying to climb th...
Research into gender and leadership has tended to focus on the inequalities that women encounter whi...
The underrepresentation of ethnic minorities is gender-skewed as ethnic minority men are outnumbered...
Evidence suggests that as public opinion towards immigration becomes more negative, so the descripti...
New and old democracies alike strive to increase the representation of women and ethnic minorities t...
Purpose - This paper aims to investigate the phenomenon of the glass cliff, whereby women are more l...