Publications

Do positive sexuality gaps in voter turnout persist in contexts where LGBT+ rights are well protected? Using the Swedish administrative data, I show that this is indeed the case.

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Key words: sexuality, turnout, LGBT+ rights.

In this conceptual-methodological piece I present a realist conceptualization of gendered institutions and offer epistemological and methodological guidelines for studying these entities.

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Key words: feminist theory, institutionalism, metatheory.

Are young MPs marginalized or mentored by their more senior colleagues? Using data from the Czech Republic, I show that the former is the case. 

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Key words: youth representation, substantive representation, age.

Are legislators who are elected solely thanks to preference voting less likely to uphold party unity? Using longitudinal data from the Czech Republic I show that this is not the case.

Are women elected on the ticket of personal parties more likely to succeed in politics? In this ethnographic piece, I show that this is not the case. 

In this piece, I demonstrate that women MPs have better access to various sources of political capital when their party is in opposition. 

Using longitudinal data from the Czech Republic, I show that women MPs get equivalent returns on observable aspects of their political performance at renomination.

A theoretical piece on the importance of conceptually distinguishing between first-time recruitment and incumbent renomination when accounting for imbalances in women's political representation.

Co-author: Melinda Adams.