Sex-B(i)ased List Promotion
The Effect of Previous Electoral Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6408634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Slegten (0000-0001-8117-1386, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Bruno Heyndels (0000-0003-0721-1364, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 314-331 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1554477x.2021.1955234 |
| OpenAlex | W3199055046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 40 |
Party leaders, acting as gatekeepers, have a direct impact on politicians’ careers. The fact that this leadership is often male has been identified as a source of discrimination against female candidates. We analyze such sex-biased party politics in formation of party lists. Recently, candidates’ list ranking in (semi-) open list systems has been shown to depend on their electoral performance) in the previous election. Using electoral data from the 2006 and 2012 local elections in Flanders we study whether and to what extent such a reward system is sex neutral. We find the party leadership in the semi-open list system to reward (punish) male and female candidates with equal electoral performance differently. Female candidates’ list ranking in 2012 is more sensitive to their electoral performance than that of male candidates. Importantly, the sex of the local party leader and party ideology, are found to affect the sex differences in electoral remuneration
Affect (linguistics · Democracy · Electoral system · Ideology · Information retrieval · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Public relations · Ranking (information retrieval · Remuneration · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |