Allik, M. (2015) Who stands in the way of women? Open vs. closed lists and candidate gender in Estonia. East European Politics, 31(4), pp. 429-451. (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2015.1084924)
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Abstract
The literature on women's descriptive representation has looked at the debate on open and closed lists as a choice between electoral systems. This article instead focuses on whether voters or the parties are biased against female candidates. Using data from six Estonian elections, the article finds that voters are not consistently biased against female candidates and open lists do not necessarily decrease women's representation. However, unknown and non-incumbent female candidates fare significantly worse than similar men. The analysis also shows that parties do not place women in electable positions on closed lists, and closed lists do not improve women's representation.
| Item Type: | Articles (Other) |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Allik, Dr Mirjam |
| Authors: | Allik, M. |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > J General legislative and executive papers J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU |
| Journal Name: | East European Politics |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 2159-9165 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2159-9173 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in East European Politics 31(4):429-451 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
| Data DOI: | 10.5525/gla.researchdata.278 |
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