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Gender and local executive office in regional Russia: the party of power as a vehicle for women’s empowerment?

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  • Olga A. Avdeyeva
  • Dekabrina M. Vinokurova
  • Alexandr A. Kugaevsky

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We employ a political ambition framework to study women’s under-representation in Russian local politics. We conduct a survey of current heads of municipal districts and municipal urban and rural settlements in four regions of the Russian Federation. The study reveals gendered pathways to local leadership positions. The advantage of incumbency is fully used by male politicians: male incumbents are more likely than female incumbents to run for re-election. Self-initiated ambition, term in office, and age explain the decisions of male executives to run for re-election. Female incumbents are likely to run for a subsequent term only if they are supported by the United Russia Party.

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  • Olga A. Avdeyeva & Dekabrina M. Vinokurova & Alexandr A. Kugaevsky, 2017. "Gender and local executive office in regional Russia: the party of power as a vehicle for women’s empowerment?," Post-Soviet Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(6), pages 431-451, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsaxx:v:33:y:2017:i:6:p:431-451
    DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2017.1365806
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