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How can levels of female political leadership at the national level increase ? Closing the gender gap : A
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Kwan, Tara |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | omen make up roughly half of the world's population, yet this is not re ected in the level of female political officeholders worldwide. The disparity in the descriptive and substantive representation of women is a problem that warrants closer examination. This thesis explores the gender gap in politics with in-depth case studies of the United States, Mexico, Rwanda, Spain, and Denmark, analyzing the factors leading to high (or low) female held political offices at the national level in the respective countries. The presence of quotas and proportional representation electoral systems largely explain the level of female political leadership in these countries. Implementing these measures across the globe will help increase the number of female politicians thus working to achieve gender parity in the political sphere. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.cpp.edu/class/political-science/participate/undergraduatejournal/vol2/Kwan-9.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
