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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"women candidates"”.
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Candidate emergence and success: Evidence from women in state legislative primary elections
… on the gender gap suggests that the main reason women continue to be underrepresented in Congress and most state legislatures is that women are not running for office. Many scholars suggest that the reason for the lack of women candidates is that women are not ambitious and choose not to run for …
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Running from the Periphery: An Exploratory Analysis of Women Presidential Candidates in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Utility of Minor Parties
… poses the following questions: How prevalent are women candidates in sub-Saharan African presidential elections? To what extent do women run for major party labels versus minor party labels or as independent candidates? What factors explain those patterns of party representation for women …
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“Be Professional, Private and Pleasant”: The Conscious and Unconscious Gendering of Campaign Messages in Canadian and Australian Local Elections
… and gendered stereotypes consciously affect candidates’ campaign messaging. The data for this study was gathered via in-depth interviews with 92 candidates who contested elections at the state/provincial level between 2010 and 2013. The data collected during the interviews included …
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Gender Stereotypes And The Governor's Mansion
… analyzes the effects of gender stereotypes on women gubernatorial candidates in the post "Year of the Woman" era to determine whether or not the electoral gains made by women running for legislative office in 1992 also extended to women contesting executive elections in subsequent years. This …
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Wa’U Hanga: the Rise of Native American Women Who Pursue Elected State Office
… the pursuit of elected office by Native American women. Unfortunately, there are a disproportionately smaller number of Native American women who are represented in municipal, state, and federal government. In a culturally diverse world, it is important that there is equal representation at the …
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What lies beneath: the complex nature of appointing women judges in Zambia and South Africa
… Using a feminist lens, this thesis describes women in terms of gender and explores various facets of the appointment system, in order to respond to the research question. How do aspects of the judicial appointment process inform equal representation of women and men on the bench? Drawing from …
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NEGOTIATING PRIVATELY FOR AN EFFECTIVE ROLE IN PUBLIC SPACE: A CASE STUDY OF WOMEN IN PANCHAYATS OF ORISSA
… of the Indian Constitution on the lives of rural women in Orissa, India. The Amendment, which mandated ‘not less than one third’ women at all three levels of the Indian Panchayati Raj institutions, is considered to be an historical intervention of the State. Concerns and apprehensions were raised, …
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Interim Evaluation of the UNT/Dallas Public Schools Leadership Development Program: A Working Model
… include a representative number of minority and women candidates for participation in the program. An area of weakness was seven interns with low GRE scores were admitted through an appeals process at the university. Another weakness revealed the majority of interns had been assigned more duties …
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Exploring Barriers That Higher Education Women Presidents And Chancellors Experience During The Centralized Search Process
… results, and interviews with past and present women presidents and chancellors of public and private not-for-profit higher education institutions about their selection journey for these jobs. The purpose of this research was to engage women who were past and present presidents or chancellors of …