Although women's access to political power has increased tremendously, nowhere are
women equal to men in their influence over and exercise of political authority. Scholarship …

This article explores the hitherto underresearched relationship between state architecture
and women's political representation, specifically their descriptive or numerical presence …

This article provides a roadmap for what gender scholarship offers scholars of federalism. It
argues that applying a gender perspective can enrich the field by introducing new concepts …

This article reviews gender mainstreaming in practices of urban governance in Europe by
comparing Sweden and Italy, which have distinct welfare-state systems: that of the former is …

This research provides new theoretical and empirical insights into the gender politics of the
springboards to chief executive office. The extremely masculinised composition of the …

Abstract The 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections produced a record proportion of
women MEPs overall (37 per cent). Yet, these results vary widely across countries and …

In the first term of Socialist prime minister Jos é Luis Rodr í guez Zapatero (2004–2008),
legislation such as the 2004 gender violence law and the 2007 gender equality law put …

Does federalism make a difference to policy making in the area of family and domestic
violence (FDV)? This article explores this question through a comparison of Australia and …

This article examines the potential of feminist democratic innovations in policy and
institutional politics. It examines how feminist democratic innovations can be conceptualised …

Women's representation in elected assemblies across varying levels of government is often
theorised to be shaped as a pyramid, with the highest proportion of women at the local level …