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Women's Representation in Parliament: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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In recent years, statistical and case study research has increasingly reached conflicting findings in terms of the factors explaining cross‐national variations in the percentage of women elected to national parliaments. To reconcile the conclusions of large‐n and small‐n research, this article employs qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), a medium‐n technique, to study two populations of cases, Western and sub‐Saharan African countries. In contrast to work predicated on assumptions of causal homogeneity and causal competition, the study reveals that multiple combinations of conditions lead to higher and lower levels of female representation. This finding corroborates the two guiding principles of QCA, causal combination and equifinality, suggesting that these methods may offer greater leverage than traditional techniques in discerning the various factors facilitating and hindering women's access to political office.

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  • Mona Lena Krook, 2010. "Women's Representation in Parliament: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 58(5), pages 886-908, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:58:y:2010:i:5:p:886-908
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2010.00833.x
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    2. Jessica Fortin-Rittberger & Berthold Rittberger, 2014. "Do electoral rules matter? Explaining national differences in women's representation in the European Parliament," European Union Politics, , vol. 15(4), pages 496-520, December.

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