While the robust and positive relationship between education and political engagement has
been widely documented, the direct causal link is still a subject of debate. This study …

Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective provides a clear, detailed introduction to
women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and …

A fully revised fourth edition of a popular introduction to the comparative politics of Europe,
written by a highly respected authority on the subject. This lively and thematically organised …

Officeholders in contemporary parliaments and cabinets are more likely than not to be male,
wealthy, middle-aged or older, and from the dominant ethnicity, whereas young adults have …

According to conventional wisdom, the traditional gender gap in voting has disappeared or
even reversed in most established democracies. Drawing on the existing literature on …

In light of gender disparities in political involvement, extant research has examined
mechanisms for incorporating ordinary women into politics. We complement this literature by …

The right to vote is a keystone of democracy, but many groups, including those that were
long excluded from the ballot, fail to exercise their rights in large numbers. In the United …

This article investigates gender differences in political involvement in twenty-seven countries
across four life course stages: home-leaving, partnership formation, parenthood, and empty …

Recent publications argue that the traditional gender gap in voting has decreased or
reversed in many democracies. However, this decrease may apply only to some types of …

Objectives Scholars are increasingly investigating the role of citizens' personality in
activating political behavior. We test whether extraversion is associated to collective political …