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Beyond Supply and Demand: A Feminist-institutionalist Theory of Candidate Selection

Washington University in St. Louis

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mlkrook{at}wustl.edu.

	Abstract

Dynamics of candidate selection are central to political representation. The dominant model used to study the case of women focuses on the supply of and demand for female aspirants. This article develops a critique of this approach, by drawing on two sets of theoretical tools: institutionalism and feminism. It subsequently elaborates an alternative perspective on candidate selection based on configurations of three kinds of gendered institutions: systemic, practical, and normative. The utility of this approach is then explored through three paired comparisons of cases in which quota policies have been introduced, disrupting some but not necessarily all aspects of gendered institutional configurations.

First published on June 17, 2009
Political Research Quarterly 2009, doi:10.1177/1065912909336275


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