http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/women-in-politics Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 02 May 2026 07:00:02 -0400 Sat, 02 May 2026 07:00:02 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1238/how-effective-are-gender-quotas-in-achieving-meaningful-change-for-women-a-case-study-of-argentina By Katharina J. Hopp - Interestingly, while “equality of presence” regarding the right to vote has been achieved in most countries, the same cannot be said for “equality of presence” regarding political representation.4 Until 2006, approximately 40 states had established gender quotas in elections to national parliaments and political parties in more than 50 countries had introduced party quotas.5 Despite the fact that the number of countries having some set of gender quotas is steadily rising, in 2011 on average women still accounted for only 19.5% of members of national parliaments worldwide... Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1238/how-effective-are-gender-quotas-in-achieving-meaningful-change-for-women-a-case-study-of-argentina http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1595/the-effects-of-electoral-systems-and-gender-quotas-on-female-representation-in-national-legislatures By Amy Manning - Women make up anywhere from 0% to 56% of the national legislatures around the world. Research has attributed this wide spectrum to political, socioeconomic, and cultural or ideological factors. After testing these existing theories on a sample of 188 countries, this study offers a more comprehensive explanation for this wide variation in female representation. A quantitative analysis of the cases yields four statistically significant factors: type of electoral system, presence or absence of quotas, socioeconomic status, and predominant religion. These factors all affect the proportion of women... Sat, 31 May 2014 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1595/the-effects-of-electoral-systems-and-gender-quotas-on-female-representation-in-national-legislatures http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1615/a-vote-of-no-self-confidence-gender-socialization-and-political-ambition By Allison Dunatchik - In light of women's underrepresentation in student government, this paper investigates to what extent levels of political ambition differ between male and female students and why at American University. Current literature regarding women's underrepresentation in elected office suggests that gender differences in levels of political ambition in political pipeline careers explain much of women's lower likelihood to run for and serve in elected office. This body of scholarship finds that women's political ambition is significantly diminished by traditional sex-role socialization and traditional views... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1615/a-vote-of-no-self-confidence-gender-socialization-and-political-ambition