Party Institutionalization and Women s Representation in Democratic - Brazi

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

Kristin N. Wylie is Assistant Professor of Political Science at James Madison University, Virginia. She specializes in gender politics, representation, political parties, and Brazilian politics. Her research appears in Politics & Gender and the Journal of Black Studies.

Summary

Explains how weak, male-dominant parties interact to marginalize women and Afro-descendants in Brazilian politics. This book demonstrates that party organizational strength (institutionalization) and the inclusion of women in party leadership can improve the electoral prospects of female legislative candidates and enhance democratic accountability and representativeness.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Wylie, Kristin (James Madison University Wylie, Kristin N Wylie, Kristin N. Wylie, Kristin N. (James Madison University Wylie, WYLIE KRISTIN
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781108429795
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42979-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Gender an; Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Gender an
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Comparative Politics, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General