Publications

How can the promises of the ethnographic methodology be harnessed by feminist institutionalist scholars?​ In this piece, we offer best practices for a variety of FI-fueled ethnographic inquiries.

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Key words: feminist institutionalism, methods, methodology, institutional theory, metatheory.

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Do lesbians, gays and bisexuals have a better access to political candidacy than three decades ago in liberal environments? In this piece, I leverage the Swedish administrative data to point to a gradually emerging 'lavender gap' in access to political candidacy and elected office.

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Key words: sexuality; descriptive representation; running for office; candidate recruitment.​​

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Based on experimental and observational data, we demonstrate that Swedish party selectors do not expect women, youth, or immigrants to signal greater commitment to the party line to be considered suitable for elected office.

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Key words: outgroup bias, candidate selection, minority representation.

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We summarize the heated debate surrounding Sweden's new gender identity bill and present evidence indicating a decline in support for LGBT+ rights in the country.

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Key words: gender self-determination, gender identity, 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.

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.

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.