Defending the status quo across venues and coalitions: evidence from Californ…

This study investigates the conditions under which pro-status quo groups increase their advocacy success during an entire policymaking process. It scrutinises whether pro-status quo defenders who are involved in multiple institutional venues and who join many coalitions of interest groups are able to achieve their policy preferences. A case study focussing on the regulation of stem cell researc…

Exploring Gender Differences in Support for Rightist Parties: The Role of Par…

This contribution to the Special Issue on Gender and Conservatism uses expert and election surveys to explore the extent to which the feminist or traditional gender ideology of parties of the right relates to their economic and liberal/authoritarian ideology. We show that although parties of the left generally espouse more feminist ideologies than parties of the right, there are a significant n…

Is There a Conservative Feminism? An Empirical Account

The question of conservative feminism in the United States did not really arise before the 2008 elections; most politically active conservative women leaders did not refer to themselves as feminists. Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, however, prompted a shift. On a number of well-publicized occasions, Palin called herself a feminist, generating considerable discussion over whether conservati…

Righting Conventional Wisdom: Women and Right Parties in Established Democracies

Parties are the key actors shaping women's representation in advanced parliamentary democracies. Based on traditional patterns of feminist organizing, conventional wisdom suggests that parties of the left are the strongest advocates for women. Despite the prevalence of this claim, a burgeoning body of work indicates that parties on the right can—and often do—seek to represent women. To address …

Conservatism and Women's Political Representation

Conservative political actors appear rather troubling for many gender and politics scholars and feminist activists. What should we make of their claims to represent women? How should we best understand their actions? This article, based on a critical rereading of the empirical literature and informed by contemporary representation theory, develops a new conceptual framework for assessing the qu…

World Development, Volume 106, June 2018

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Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, Fall 2017

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World Politics, Volume 70, Number 2, April 2018

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Politics & Gender, Volume 14, Number 1, March 2018

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Gender & Society, Volume 32, Number 2, April 2018

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Comparative Political Studies, Volume 51, Number 6 May 2018

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Comparative Political Studies, Volume 51, Number 5, April 2018

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Administratrive Science Quarterly, Volume 63, Number 1, March 2018

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Media Culture & society, Volume 40, Number 3, April 2018

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Small Group Research, Volume 49, Number 2, April 2018

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Evaluation, Volume 24, Number 2, April 2018

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