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Panel 11: Co-sponsored with Women and Politics
Panel Title: Gender Quotas and Women’s Political Representation
Panel Chair
Richard E. Matland (Loyola University, Chicago)
Panel Discussants
Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer (University of Missouri, Columbia)
Richard E. Matland (Loyola University, Chicago)
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Panel Participants
Petra Meier (Antwerp), “Do Gender Quotas Have an Impact? Explaining the Increasing
Number of Women in Belgian Politics.”
Gretchen M. Bauer (Delaware), “Better Governors? The Impact of Women MPs on
Governance in Africa.”
Jennifer Marie Piscopo (UCSD), “The Framing and Articulation of Women’s Rights in
Argentina: Evidence from Legislative Debates.”
Aparna Thomas (Cornell College), “Formal and Informal Institutions: Gender and
Participation in the Panchayati Raj.”
Susan Franceschet (Calgary) and Mona Krook (Wash. U.), “Measuring the Impact of
Quotas on Women’s Substantive Representation: Towards a Conceptual Framework.”
Panel 12: Co-sponsored with the law and Political process Study Group
Panel Title: Debating Rules for Presidential Elections: Primaries and the Electoral College
Panel Chair
Mark Rush, Washington and Lee University
Panel Participants
Vikram, Amar, Hastings College of Law
Bruce Cain, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Lowenstein, University of California, Los Angeles
Steven Smith, Washington University
Posters
Josh Ryan (University of Colorado, Boulder), “The Relationship Between State
Redistricting Methods and House Member Ideology.”
Shigeo Hirano (Columbia University), “Direct and Indirect Representation.”
Frank C. Thames (Texas Tech University) and Margaret Susan Williams (Goucher
College), “Political Context and Party Gender Quotas in the OECD.”
Paulina Pospieszna (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), “Government Responsiveness
in Central and Eastern Europe:Relating Median Voter and Government Policy Preferences.”
Ko Maeda (University of North Texas), “The Behavioral Differences between Ruling
Parties and Opposition Parties: Policy Shifts, Leadership Changes, and Splits.”
Ray Christensen (Brigham Young University), “Democratic Reversals, A Study of
Electoral Outcomes that Differ from the Intent of the Voters.”
Michael J. Ensley (Indiana University) and Edward G. Carmines (Indiana University,
Bloomington), “The Long-term Consequences of Competitive House Campaigns.”