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Interesting Approaches to Gender Representation
Sat, September 7, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 407Session Submission Type: Created Panel
Session Description
Innovative research on institutional, preferential, and signaling barriers to descriptive representation of women and race/ethnic groups. Cases include Brazil, Denmark, France, Japan, and the US.
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Individual Presentations
An Institutional Explanation for Representation Gaps - Andrew Janusz, University of Florida; Patrick Cunha Silva, Loyola University, Chicago
Why Are There More Women in the Upper House? - Yoshikuni Ono, Waseda University; Hirofumi Miwa, Gakushuin University; Yuko Kasuya, Keio University
Why Do Niche Parties Engage in Strategic Descriptive Representation? - Gonzalo Di Landro, Rice University