Informal Influences in Selecting Female Political Candidates
In: Political research quarterly: PRQ ; official journal of the Western Political Science Association and other associations, Band 64, Heft 2
Abstract
The authors argue that the gender composition of party gatekeepers -- those responsible for candidate recruitment -- plays a crucial role in either encouraging or discouraging women candidates to run for office. Using an original data set that includes constituency-level information for all parties and candidates in the 2004 and 2006 Canadian national elections, the authors find support for this proposition. Women candidates are more likely to be nominated when the gatekeeper -- the local party president -- is a woman rather than a man. The results underline the importance of informal factors for understanding women's political underrepresentation. Adapted from the source document.
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Englisch
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Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks CA
ISSN: 1938-274X
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