Discretion and Institutional Pathways to Women’s Bureaucratic Representation in Local Government

• In Event: Individual and Community Representation

Brief Overview

We show that female politicians can advance women’s bureaucratic representation, but mostly through discretionary rather than stable employment, highlighting how institutional rules shape the link between political and bureaucratic representation.

Authors

• Tomas Soto-Jara, Rutgers University - Newark

• Ricardo Andres Bello-Gomez, Rutgers University - Newark

• Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University - Newark