Gendering Party Politics

Meryl Kenny is Professor of Gender and Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests bridge the intersection of gender politics, party politics, territorial politics, and institutional approaches to the study of politics. She is the author of Gender and Political Recruitment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), and articles published in the European Journal of Political Research, Politics & Gender, Political Studies, European Journal of Politics & Gender, and Government & Opposition amongst others. She is a Director of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN) and an editor of the Oxford University Press book series, Studies in Feminist Institutionalism. Elin Bjarnegård is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government at Uppsala University. Her research interests are at the intersection of comparative politics and gender studies, and include masculinities, political parties, violence, corruption, andinstitutions. Her publications have appeared in journals such as American Political Science Review, Journal of Democracy, and Journal of Peace Research. She is the author of Gender, Informal Institutions and Political Recruitment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and editor of Gender and Violence against Political Actors (Temple University Press, 2023). She is a Director of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN) and an editor of the Oxford University Press book series, Studies in Feminist Institutionalism.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Gender, parties, and institutionsElin Bjarnegard and Meryl Kenny Part One: Concepts 2. Between party democracy and parity democracyPetra Meier, Sabine Lang, and Birgit Sauer 3. Gender and political ambitionLouise Davidson-Schmich 4. The leaky pipeline of politicsZahra Runderkamp and Meryl Kenny 5. Gender, newness, and party system changeKaren Beckwith 6. Political parties and roots of resistance to gender-equitable changeCecilia Josefsson Part Two: Methods and Cases 7. Preventing and handling violence in Danish political partiesKarina Kosiara-Pedersen 8. Young women aspirants and gendered ageism in Nigeria's political partiesOmomayowa O. Abati and Mayowa M. Adeniji 9. Collective candidate strategies and diverse representation in BrazilMalu A.C. Gatto and Kristin N. Wylie 10. Women's institutional belonging and self-making in a right-wing party in IndiaProma Raychaudhury 11. Quantifying gender and immigrant bias in Swedish candidate selectionMichal Grahn 12. Green parties and gender equality in the European ParliamentPetra Ahrens and Johanna Kantola 13. Women's parties as agents of contagionKimberly Cowell-Meyers Part Three: Transforming Political Parties 14. From feminization to feministization through party gender action plansTania Verge 15. Gender sensitizing political parties and the feminist academic critical actorSarah Childs 16. Exploiting empowerment in Lebanon's sectarian political partiesCarmen Geha Conclusion 17. Looking back, moving forward: editors' conversation with Joni Lovenduski and Pippa NorrisJoni Lovenduski, Pippa Norris, Elin Bjarnegard, Meryl Kenny ReferencesIndex

This volume is an indispensable reading for scholars of political parties, political representation, and democratic governance, and equally valuable for practitioners committed to advancing gender equality within political organisations.