Gendered conditions for leadership and career advancement in political institutions

Abstract

It is well documented that women political leaders are severely disadvantaged in respect to appointments and promotions in political institutions as well as negatively treated when holding top political positions. This panel brings together papers that discuss the gendered conditions for political leadership and career advancement in governments, parliaments as well as political parties. Themes addressed in the panel include not only how gender shapes the career paths of women and men ministers and party leaders, but also how gender influences the performance and actions of appointed leaders. The gendered conditions for career advancement and pipeline effects are addressed by Michael Škvrňák in a case study of the Czech Pirate Party. Next, Zahra Runderkamp seeks to understand gendered dropout of politicians in the Dutch case, bringing to light the gendered character of political institutions at the local level. Turning to the Italian case, Simona Guerra focuses on the women who have held ministerial positions, taking a closer look at their background as well as their positions and actions in the current legislature. Taking an intersectional perspective, Orly Siow investigates the effect of ministers’ racial, gendered, and partisan identities on their engagement with women’s organizations in the UK. Lastly, Michelle Taylor Robinson and co-authors develop a theory to explore if and how increased diversity in presidential cabinets is associated with increased diversity in substantive representation.

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The leaking pipeline of politics: Understanding gendered dropout of politicians	View Paper Details
Do women and men pursue different policy once they have a seat in the cabinet? A theory and empirical test of when descriptive representation is associated with substantive representation	View Paper Details
Highly-educated and diligently cohesive? An analysis of Italian women MPs in the current legislature	View Paper Details
Intersectionality and Responsive Representation	View Paper Details
Where does the pipeline leak? Pathways to candidacy in the Czech Pirate Party	View Paper Details