Pathways to Power: Political Careers, Elite Reproduction, and Inequality

Elites

Political Leadership

Comparative Perspective

Code:

P395

Chair(s)

Luca Verzichelli

Università degli Studi di Siena

Section Elites and Political Leadership in the Digital Age: Disruption, Transformation, and Democratic Futures

Date, Time and Location

Building: Institute of the Middle and Far East, Floor: 1, Room: 1.05

Friday 09:00 - 10:45 CEST (11/09/2026)

The panel deals with political careers, elite reproduction and political inequality in advanced and developing democracies

Title	Details
Social Ubiquity as an Elite Resource: Insights from the Literature and a Case Study	View Paper Details
A New Dataset on Change, Continuity, and Political Careers in the Italian Parliamentary Elite (1946-2022)	View Paper Details
Should I Stay or Should I Go? How Sexism Shapes Women’s Expressive Political Ambition	View Paper Details
Career Types of Electoral Leaders in Parliamentary Democracies: Evidence from Multichannel Sequence Analysis	View Paper Details
Staying in Power: Gendered Evaluations of Senior Political Leadership	View Paper Details