Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians

Andrea S. Aldrich, William T. Daniel (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
9780198946854 (ISBN)

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As political systems around the world implement gender quotas to balance women and men's elected representation, new opportunities and expectations for how both men and women are recruited, selected, and promoted by political parties are created. This book demonstrates that gender quotas positively disrupt all levels of the political system: political office, political parties, and the careers of politicians. By focusing on the European Parliament and building upon evidence compiled from new data sources from 28 current and former EU member states, 1979-2022, it provides evidence that different quotas affect similar politicians in different ways.

As quota implementation changes the pool of political aspirants that parties recruit from, the background characteristics that are prioritized in selecting candidates are enhanced to optimise the management of career trajectories at all levels of the system. Quotas are therefore not just effective for promoting gender parity, but also change the course of women's and men's political careers at subnational, national, and European levels of office.

This volume should be seen as leading the conversation about the longterm changes that are achieved by implementing rules that promote inclusivity and increase institutional diversity. It is relevant to both academic and policy circles. Whereas existing literature has examined how, where, and why gender quotas arise, the book pushes forward conversations about the previously unexplored additional effects for quota implementation, from the perspective of the career progression of elected politicians.

Andrea S. Aldrich is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Yale University where she teaches and researches about women in politics, party politics, and Europe. Her research examines the representation of women, exploring the conditions that encourage women's political leadership, the consequences of women in power within political parties, and legislative institutions. She obtained her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. William T. Daniel is Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham (UK). He teaches and researches in legislative and party politics, with a particular interest in political careers and representation in Europe. Prior to this, Daniel was Assistant Professor of Political Science at Francis Marion University in South Carolina (USA). He obtained his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh.

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Appendices Figures
List of Tables
List of Appendices Tables
1: Introduction
2: A Theory of Gender Quotas as Positive Disruptors for Political Careers
3: Women, Men, and the History of Gender Quotas in European Elections
4: Deep and Wide: Quota Implementation and the Candidate Pool in European Elections
5: Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians
6: Quotas and Career Progression across Multiple Levels of Elected Office
7: Internal Advancement and the European Party Groups
8: Conclusion: It's Improving Faster
List of Interviews
Appendix Additional Data and Methodology Resources
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2025
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	596 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-13	9780198946854 / 9780198946854
Zustand	Neuware