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===== Women’s representation in politics: The effect of electoral systems ===== | |||
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272721000359 by Martin Gonzalez 6/21 ScienceDirect] | |||
Women are underrepresented in politics. For example, they hold only 25% of legislative seats in national assemblies.1 This situation has attracted much attention in the media and in the academic literature. Perhaps the most important reason behind this interest is that having women in public office may have an impact on policy.2 In addition, women in public office may serve as role models, improving women’s self-confidence and affecting attitudes towards them both within politics and in society at large (Beaman et al., 2009, Beaman et al., 2012). | |||
===== Proportionality, disproportionality and electoral systems ===== | ===== Proportionality, disproportionality and electoral systems ===== | ||
