Several women have been successful candidates in Latin American presidential elections during the last decade. But this historical success has been limited to only a few countries in the region. What are the main causes of this variation? The article develops arguments stemming from the institutionalist theory and proposes that electoral-institutional characteristics of the countries should be considered to be important determinants. The variables which increase the electoral system permissiveness for women are the electoral formula for the presidential election, the constitutional rules that prohibit the election of relatives of former presidents, the presence of legislative quotas for the election of women and the prohibition of immediate...
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she ed...
This study explores the differences in electoral preferences between men and women in Mexican presid...
This article examines the interaction between the rules governing presidential elections and multipa...
Women have made enormous progress in their political incorporation. However, the pace of that incorp...
Las mujeres han hecho enormes progresos en su incorporación a la arena política. No obstante, el rit...
Political Sciences have, for a long time, had an interest in the study of electoral participation du...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
The central argument of the article is that electoral competitiveness is currently the main challeng...
This article focuses on the design of subnational gender quotas in Argentina and Mexico and its conn...
ABSTRACT: This article seeks to explain why Brazil, despite implementing a gender quotas policy for ...
Constitutional provisions regarding presidential re-election have been modified in several Latin Ame...
This article discusses the varying effects of quota systems, as they emerge from a scenario of wome...
En 2009 América Latina vive un proceso electoral agitado: siete elecciones presidenciales, dos refer...
The difficulties encountered in the implementation of the quotas gave rise to the debate on politica...
This study, aimed at analyzing the impact of institutional factors on the efficacy of gender parity ...
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she ed...
This study explores the differences in electoral preferences between men and women in Mexican presid...
This article examines the interaction between the rules governing presidential elections and multipa...
Women have made enormous progress in their political incorporation. However, the pace of that incorp...
Las mujeres han hecho enormes progresos en su incorporación a la arena política. No obstante, el rit...
Political Sciences have, for a long time, had an interest in the study of electoral participation du...
Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant th...
The central argument of the article is that electoral competitiveness is currently the main challeng...
This article focuses on the design of subnational gender quotas in Argentina and Mexico and its conn...
ABSTRACT: This article seeks to explain why Brazil, despite implementing a gender quotas policy for ...
Constitutional provisions regarding presidential re-election have been modified in several Latin Ame...
This article discusses the varying effects of quota systems, as they emerge from a scenario of wome...
En 2009 América Latina vive un proceso electoral agitado: siete elecciones presidenciales, dos refer...
The difficulties encountered in the implementation of the quotas gave rise to the debate on politica...
This study, aimed at analyzing the impact of institutional factors on the efficacy of gender parity ...
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she ed...
This study explores the differences in electoral preferences between men and women in Mexican presid...
This article examines the interaction between the rules governing presidential elections and multipa...