Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are accurate? And…
The UNDP publication Gender Equality in Elected Office in
Asia-Pacific: Six Actions to Expand Women’s Empowerment
provides an overview of…
The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political…
This article evaluates a body of recent work that uses field and natural experiments to answer the question of whether informed voters can…
If the Women’s Reservation Bill becomes law, then 181 out of 543 national legislators and 1370 out the 4109 state legislators will be women…
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female…
While women have the legal right to equal participation in politics in almost every country around the world, they remain vastly…