Leslie Schwindt-Bayer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Rice University and her work focuses on institutions and presidential systems with a regional focus on Latin America and developing democracies. She has published her work in American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, British Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies and Legislative Studies Quarterly. She has published two books, Political Power and Women's Representation in Latin America and The Gendered Effects of Electoral Institutions: Political Engagement and Parti...