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Women in Politics

A bold step forward for women’s representation

July 23, 2012

Ireland currently ranks 87 in the world for gender representation in politics with just 15.1% of Irish parliamentarians being women....

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Electoral Reform in Westminster

Electoral Reform for Eurovision?

Eurovision is upon us once again with everyone’s favourite celebration of Europe’s questionable musical talent. Certain traditions will no doubt...

Voter Registration

Voter registration: lessons from the US

May 21, 2012

By Dr Toby S James, Swansea University In the 1980s American academics Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, alongside the...

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Women in Politics

Women’s legislative recruitment: no simple explanation, no single panacea

Rosie Campbell, Birkbeck University London & Sarah Childs, University of Bristol It is a widely held view that the first-past-the-post electoral system...