Gender and the Executive Worldwide: Voters, Candidates, and National Leaders

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This panel examines the role of gender in relation to executive office and elections. Three papers focus on women who hold prime ministerships or presidencies, but from different perspectives: comparative, international, and regional. Specific topics include women’s paths and powers in Central and Eastern Europe, the impact of natural disaster crises on perceptions of women’s executive leadership, and the impact that women’s executive leadership have on state involvement in UN peacekeeping missions. Other papers examine how women win and lose presidential elections in Latin America, and the complex links between gender and voting in Latin American presidential elections.

Sub Unit

• Division 31: Women and Politics Research

Individual Presentations

• Female, Feminine, or Feminist? Gender and Presidential Voting in Latin America - Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Rice University

• From in Power to Empowered: Women Executives of Central and Eastern Europe - Farida Jalalzai, Virginia Tech; Meg Rincker, Purdue University Northwest

• Women’s Executive Leadership and UN Peacekeeping Missions - Courtney Burns, Bucknell University; Kate Perry, Georgia Southern University

• How Women Win and Lose Presidential Elections in Latin America - Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Chair

• Caitlin Andrews-Lee University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Discussant

• Caitlin Andrews-Lee University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill