The selection of leaders of political parties through primary elections penalizes women
E-Mail IMAGE: Predicted probabilities of winning a mixed-gender contest across gender and type of selection method. view more Credit: UPF A study by two researchers at the UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences (DCPIS) has examined the effect of selecting party leaders by direct vote by the entire membership (a process known in southern Europe as "primaries" and in English-speaking countries as "one-member-one -vote", OMOV) on the likelihood of a woman winning a leadership competition against male rivals. Javier Astudillo and Andreu Paneque, a tenured lecturer and PhD wit...
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