District Variation in Party System Competition and Women’s Candidacy in Proportional Representation Systems
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Wuthrich, F Michael [1] ; Albayrak, Çağıl [1]
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[1] University of Kansas
University of Kansas
City of Lawrence, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Parliamentary affairs: A journal of representative politics, ISSN 0031-2290, Vol. 77, Nº 3, 2024, págs. 558-579
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article examines the influence of district-level party system dynamics on the list placement of women candidates. As local district competitive realities change, the strategic considerations for party leaders regarding the selection of non-mainstream political candidate profiles vary in important ways. We measure these dynamics with a set of novel variables that better capture variation in competition from district to district: individual party magnitude, district dominance and district contagion. Turkey’s lower level of party system nationalisation between 2002 and 2018 offers a useful case for such an investigation, and results reveal both the significance and pattern of influence on women candidates for all three strategic variables.
