Women and Candidate Quality in the Elections for the Senate: Brazil and the United States in Comparative Perspective

Women and Candidate Quality in the Elections for the Senate: Brazil and the United States in Comparative Perspective

The Senate remains as an almost uncharted territory for women. And not only in re-democratized countries like Brazil, but also in advanced democracies such as the USA. To date, 33 American and 28 Brazilian women have served in their Senates. Why are these numbers so reduced? This article discusses t...

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Main Author: Simone Bohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2007-03-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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but also in advanced democracies such as the USA. To date
33 American and 28 Brazilian women have served in their Senates. Why are these numbers so reduced? This article discusses the key obstacles that women face and
through OLS and probit analyses
examines the degree of competitiveness and rate of success of all candidacies. We show that
even though women are thought to be weak contestants
they can be as competitive as men when they have a record of elected public positions. The reduced availability of the latter
however
Women
candidate quality
carrer
Senate
election
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