The influence of the social and political environment on candidacies and electability is an
important element of political recruitment structures. We investigate several contextual …

We use multivariate analyses to test hypotheses concerning the elec toral opportunity
structure for women across a twenty-year period of Canadian provincial elections. We find …

V number of critical contextual factors. Each of the three phases of vv the recruitment
process-eligibility, selection, and election-is affected. A potential candidate's decision to …

An examination of primary entry and outcome patterns in 1984 enlarges our understanding
of the inability of women to increase their numbers in the US House of Representatives. It …

Supply factors also include resource explanations, which focus on women's lack of such
resources as education, employment, social class, and political experience, all of which …

HE PURPOSE of this article is to ascertain which electoral arrangements, parties, and
socioeconomic conditions offer the most-JL opportunity for women's election to parliament …

Dans quelle mesure la sous‐représentation des femmes au Parlement du Canada est‐elle
attribuable à la “perte de votes”? II est évident que lorsque les femmes se présentent à la …

In the mystery contained in the paucity of women state legislators, a situation where the
majority of the electorate has been limited to just 20% of seats, this research finds that a …

This paper presents an overview of the literature on aspects of the electoral process that
prevent women from being elected to public office in greater numbers. It focuses on Canada …

Objective. Several explanations suggest why women are not elected to Congress as often
as men. In this paper, we examine the emergence, political experience, and financing of …