Georgina Waylen is a Professor of Politics at the University of Manchester.

This excellent volume explores the nature and gendered roles of informal institutions in a variety of settings and contexts. Drawing on empirical research from an internationally recognized group of scholars its chapters address a common set of theoretical questions to offer state of the art reflections on the development of feminist institutionalism.

• 1. Analyzing Gender in Informal Institutions: An Introduction, Georgina Waylen / 2. What’s in a Name? Mapping the Terrain of Informal Institutions and Gender Politics, Louise Chappell and Fiona Mackay / 3. Local Heroes and ‘Cute Hoors’: Informal Institutions, Male Over-Representation and Candidate Selection in the Republic of Ireland, Leah Culhane / 4. AExcavating Informal Institutional Enforcement Through ‘Rapid’ Ethnography: Lessons from the Australian Construction Industry, Louise Chappell and Natalie Galea / 5. Party Office, Male Homosocial Capital and Gendered Political Recruitment, Tánia Verge and Sílvia Claveria / 6. Disentangling Informality and Informal Rules: Explaining Gender Inequality in Chile’s Executive Branch, Susan Franceschet / 7. Leveraging Informality, Rewriting Informal Rules: The Implementation of Gender Parity in Mexico, Jennifer M. Piscopo / 8. Negotiating Gender Equity in a Clientelist State: the Role of Informal Networks in Bangladesh, Sohela Nazneen / 9. An “Alternate” Story of Form

Georgina Waylen is a Professor of Politics at the University of Manchester.

This excellent volume explores the nature and gendered roles of informal institutions in a variety of settings and contexts. Drawing on empirical research from an internationally recognized group of scholars its chapters address a common set of theoretical questions to offer state of the art reflections on the development of feminist institutionalism.

• 1. Analyzing Gender in Informal Institutions: An Introduction, Georgina Waylen / 2. What’s in a Name? Mapping the Terrain of Informal Institutions and Gender Politics, Louise Chappell and Fiona Mackay / 3. Local Heroes and ‘Cute Hoors’: Informal Institutions, Male Over-Representation and Candidate Selection in the Republic of Ireland, Leah Culhane / 4. AExcavating Informal Institutional Enforcement Through ‘Rapid’ Ethnography: Lessons from the Australian Construction Industry, Louise Chappell and Natalie Galea / 5. Party Office, Male Homosocial Capital and Gendered Political Recruitment, Tánia Verge and Sílvia Claveria / 6. Disentangling Informality and Informal Rules: Explaining Gender Inequality in Chile’s Executive Branch, Susan Franceschet / 7. Leveraging Informality, Rewriting Informal Rules: The Implementation of Gender Parity in Mexico, Jennifer M. Piscopo / 8. Negotiating Gender Equity in a Clientelist State: the Role of Informal Networks in Bangladesh, Sohela Nazneen / 9. An “Alternate” Story of Form