Party Institutionalization and Women's Representation in Democratic Brazil

ISBN-13: 9781108429795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 290 str.

Kristin Wylie

Opis

Explains how weakly institutionalized and male-dominant parties undermine descriptive representation in Brazil's OLPR legislative elections.

Recenzje

'Wylie's book is a tour de force, presenting a nuanced and detailed account of a perplexing case, with implications for reigning paradigms in the comparative gender and politics literature, as well as the study of Brazilian politics.' Mona Lena Krook, Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

1. A crisis of representation: the puzzle of women's underrepresentation in Brazil; 2. Willing and able: party institutionalization, party leadership, and women's representation; 3. Brazil's quota law and the challenges of institutional change amidst weak and gendered institutions; 4. Overcoming gendered obstacles: voters, electoral rules, and parties; 5. Electoral rules, party support, and women's unexpected successes in elections to the Brazilian Senate; 6. Supermadres, Lutadoras, and technocrats: the bounded profiles of Brazil's female politicians; 7. Intersections between race and fender in Brazil's 2014 Chamber of Deputies Elections; 8. Theoretical implications and comparative perspectives.