Gender Quotas in South America's Big Three - National and Subnational Impacts

Adriana Piatti-Crocker, Gregory D Schmidt, Clara Araujo

Lexington Books

2017

212 páginas

7h 4m

ISBN-10: 1498500161

This volume offers fresh perspectives on critical questions in the study of gender quotas. It explores the impact of quotas on women's election in three important Latin American countries, the diffusion of quota laws across Argentine provinces, the varied impact of quotas and ballot structure at the subnational level in Peru, the puzzle of why Brazil's quota laws produced only a minimal impact on numbers of women elected, and the related puzzle of why women have fared better than expected under open list proportional representation in Peru. The book provides an essential guide to the complexities of women's political representation for a broad audience including scholars, activists, policy makers, and students. (Mala Htun, University of New Mexico)

About the Authors:
Adriana Piatti-Crocker is associate professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Springfield.

Gregory D. Schmidt is professor of political science at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Clara Araújo is professor and researcher at the Graduate Program in Social Sciences at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.