Gender, Power, and Political Parties in Comparative Perspective

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel explores the relationship between political parties and women’s political power. Panelists focus their attention on whether: all-women political parties foster democracy in the Global South; Latin American political parties represent the specific interests of Indigenous and Afrodescendant women; and how intraparty leadership selection mechanisms, along with women candidates’ embrace of traditionally feminine traits and symbols influence which women political parties choose to elevate to leadership positions.

Sub Unit

• Division 31: Women and Politics Research

Cosponsor

• Division 35: Political Organizations and Parties

Individual Presentations

• Gender and Political Selection: How Party Leaders Appoint their Teams? - Alba Huidobro, Stanford University

• How Women Win the Presidency: The Case of Brazil 2010 - Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

• Representing Women’s, Indigenous, and Afrodescendant Interests in Latin America - Christina Ewig, University of Minnesota

Chair

• Stacey Leigh Hunt Auburn University

Discussant

• Stacey Leigh Hunt Auburn University