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Party Gatekeepers' Support for Viable Female Candidacy in PR-List Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2015

Maarja Luhiste
Maarja Luhiste*
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University of Leicester
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It is difficult to overestimate the role candidate selection plays in determining the number of women in elected office. While an increasing amount of research has been dedicated to the impact political parties have on women's electoral representation (Caul 1999; Davidson-Schmich 2010; Kittilson 2006; Krook 2009, 2010; Matland and Studlar 1996; Murray, Krook, and Opello, 2012), the relationship between gender and candidate selection remains a relatively understudied area. Ashe and Stewart (2012) and Nieven (1998), however, provide empirical evidence that the majority of the variance in women's underrepresentation can be explained with demand-side factors.

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Politics & Gender , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 89 - 116
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2015 

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