Gender Quotas in South America's Big Three

Adriana Piatti-Crocker is associate professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Springfield. Gregory D. Schmidt is professor of political science at the University of Texas at El Paso.Clara Araújo is professor and researcher at the Graduate Program in Social Sciences at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

• 1. Gender, Descriptive Representation, and Legislative Behavior in Post-Quota Argentina 2. Gendered Policies in the Argentine Provinces: A Showcase of Uneven Implementation 3. Electoral Quotas at the National Level in Brazil: An Arduous Road to Nowhere? 4. Quotas at Subnational Levels in Brazil: More Dead-End Roads? 5. Quotas in Peruvian Congressional Elections: Success under Open List Proportional Representation6. Quotas in Peruvian Municipal and Regional Elections: Accidental Success in Majoritarian Systems7. Ballot Structure and Regional Context: A Comparison of Lima and the Provinces

Gender Quotas in South America’s Big Three paints a richly detailed portrait of gender quotas at the national and subnational levels in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, describing their adoption and implementation. . . . Overall, Gender Quotasprovides a useful overview of the literature on quotas for readers unfamiliar with the topic; it offers a rich description of the electoral systems and gender quotas used in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru; and empirically documents the numbers of women in positions of political influence across these countries.