We need to analyse two issues that divide political scientists to provide an answer. i) Is political representation ?substantive? or ?descriptive? or both ? . Put crudely in the USA,the debate is ...

On Tuesday, August 11, Joe Biden announced that his running mate will be Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). Harris, originally from Oakland, California, is a first-generation American born to an Indian ...

The increase in the number of women elected to public office is one of the most visible and significant changes in U.S. politics over the past fifty years. This change has been particularly noticeable ...

As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in its parliament. Meanwhile, the proportion of national-level women parliamentarians in Asia averages a mere 20%. What is more important than ...

The electoral success of the Right in poor nations is typically attributed to nonpolicy appeals such as clientelism. Candidate profiles are usually ignored because if voters value class-based ...

Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in Asia. This ...