Gender, Candidate Selection, and Viability in PR-List Voting Systems

• In Event: Gender Discrimination and Strategies for Political Inclusion

Brief Overview

This paper examines the effect of gender on viable candidate selection in the context of the 2009-2019 European Parliament elections. The results suggest that women’s chances for viable candidacy vary across time, voting system and party ideology.

Author

• Maarja Luhiste, Newcastle University (UK)