‘To the surprise of absolutely no one’: Gendered political leadership change in Northern Ireland
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چکیده
The office of political party leader remains one that women rarely occupy. In the largest comparative study leadership to date, only 10.8% were women. One region which has made significant advances in this area is Northern Ireland. Since 2015, two parties, Sinn Féin and Democratic Unionist Party, have experienced a rapid feminisation their leadership. Such development particularly remarkable given Ireland’s historically poor record on gender equality. This article explores puzzle gendered change Ireland reveal transition was primarily facilitated through parties’ informal practices rather than embedded structural change. doing so, it demonstrates relative importance party- system-level factors women’s presence. As power-sharing democracy, case also provides insights for those interested addressing persistently low levels female representation post-conflict settings.
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عنوان ژورنال: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1369-1481', '1467-856X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481211018308