As a core principle of democratic theory, political scientists stress the importance of more
inclusive and diverse elected bodies (Mansbridge 1999; Phillips 1995; Pitkin 1967; Williams …

While Western democracies have become increasingly gender equal over the past decades,
recent research documents a backlash against gender equality in the form of rising modern …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 While Ireland was once perceived as being characterised by
conservatism, Catholicism and cultural isolation, by the first decades of the twenty-first century …

A preregistered meta-analysis, including 244 effect sizes from 85 field audits and 361,645
individual job applications, tested for gender bias in hiring practices in female-stereotypical …

Notwithstanding the improvement in gender equality in political power and resources in
European democracies, this study shows that, on average, declared interest in politics is 16 …

This article presents a new theory of development that unifies disparate insights into a single
framework, focusing on human empowerment—a process that emancipates people from …

This study investigates the interactive effect of female entrepreneurs' experience of work–life
imbalance and gender-egalitarian macro-level conditions on their job satisfaction, with the …

This article analyses the relationship between support of democracy and attitudes to human
rights, in particular, support for gender equality, in the countries covered by the first wave of …

ABSTRACT 'Patriarchy'is increasingly part of the political science lexicon, particularly in
work on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Yet I argue that political scientists often …

This article examines whether the presence of a woman head of state or government is
associated with enhanced symbolic empowerment. We assess this through gauging support …