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How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America

AvCatherine Reyes-Housholder

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Between 1990 and 2020, women candidates won only 6% of the world's presidential races. How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America explains the factors, strategies, and perceptions that help (or hinder) women to democratically access their country's highest political office. Catherine Reyes-Housholder introduces a theory of gendered incentives and perceived potential to reveal why a political party would break with tradition and nominate a woman. She also shows how citizens respond when women candidates are running in incumbent parties or competing to displace those in power.Drawing on comparative research on the presidency and gender, How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America examines the successful campaigns of Michelle Bachelet in Chile and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, as well as why Blanca Ovelar lost her presidential race in Paraguay. Reyes-Housholder's findings indicate that voter sexism is not a major factor; however, women do not triumph in these elections in the same ways that men do. Rather, the central unknown factor behind women's victories is how they become candidates of major parties—and gender profoundly influences who parties nominate.How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America is a valuable investigation of women and executive politics.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-17
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN:9781439927090

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Catherine Reyes-Housholder is an Associate Professor at the Political Science Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University in Chile.

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"Worldwide, women face unequal access to political power. This innovative study provides critical insights into when women will shatter the highest glass ceiling. Reyes-Housholder skillfully combines in-depth treatments of Chile, Brazil, and Paraguay with data from across Latin America to show that parties nominate woman presidential candidates when trust in and identification with parties are low and corruption perceptions are high. Women's ultimate success, however, is tied to incumbent approval. How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America is essential reading for scholars of Latin America, gender, and executive branch politics."—Tiffany D. Barnes, Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin and coauthor of Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective"A bright spot in Latin America's otherwise checkered experience with democracy is its expanded access to the presidency for women. Though women have become presidents via several pathways, Catherine Reyes-Housholder's How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America helps us understand the electoral one. It starts with the first principles of party incentives to win elections, bolster political parties, and contribute to leaders' legacies. To understand why major parties nominate women candidates, she connects these gendered incentives with parties' existential threats: falling partisanship, declining trust in them, and rising corruption perceptions. Women's prospects for electoral success grow if they are succeeding a popular incumbent or challenging an unpopular one. Reyes-Housholder crafts a compelling research design and brings a tremendous amount of empirical evidence to bear on this theory. Her book should be required reading for anyone working at the intersection of gender and presidential elections." —Ryan E. Carlin, Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University and coeditor of The Latin American Voter: Pursuing Representation and Accountability in Challenging Contexts