number of women serving in term-limited state legislatures has been minimal and in some instances the number of women elected … and Democratic women seeking election to term-limited state legislatures. Specific attention will be focused on how …, primary elections and general elections. To that end, this paper will examine the election of women to state legislatures in …

Conservative women are increasing their presence in politics – whether as elected representatives or organized as women …’s groups in civil society- and women’s role in the public and private sphere is often a core theme of centre-right parties and … policies. Nevertheless, rightist women and the role of centre-right parties are blind spots in the research on women and …

Many scholars have sought to explain the wide variation in women's legislative representation found across the globe … party system help explain the variation in women's representation. In more nationalized party systems, there is little … outcomes can overcome obstacles to women's representation similar to the way in which electoral system incentives create more …