The Covid-19 pandemic has repeatedly been framed by politicians and the media alike as
this generation's" Great War." Metaphors are often used in political reportage as effective …

To explain women's underrepresentation in American politics, researchers have directed
their attention to differences between men and women, especially during the candidate …

Studies of Western parliaments find women experience greater difficulty than men in
combining parenting with a career in parliament. Is it the same worldwide? Addressing this …

This article focuses on working and living conditions among local politicians in Sweden and
their experiences with combining political work and family life. Applying a sociological …

A gender gap in nascent political ambition is among the best documented in political
behaviour. Although the reasons for this gender gap are numerous, it has often been …

Notre mode de scrutin majoritaire uninominal à un tour (SMUT) a été critiqué à travers les
temps et les gouvernements. Des occasions de réformes se sont présentées au cours des …

Calls for more family-friendly assemblies, specifically those able to accommodate
representatives who are pregnant, postpartum or have young children, have become urgent …

This chapter provides a gendered analysis of the role of the legislature in Canadian
democracy today. It considers recent changes within the Senate and the House of …

The purpose of this project is to explore in-depth whether the identity of elected agents
measurably contributes to the goal of achieving more representative democracies. The push …

This dissertation examines Australian and Canadian local campaigns to investigate the
extent to which gender and gendered stereotypes consciously affect candidates' campaign …