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The complementarity advantage : parties, representativeness and newcomers' access to power by Celis, Karen, Erzeel, Silvia

“…Candidate selection in Belgium - why minority women have had more success in entering formal politics than have minority men - preference for the…”
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Political parties, ideology and the substantive representation of women by Erzeel, Silvia, Celis, Karen

“…The recent finding that right-wing parties increasingly make efforts to integrate women’s concerns raises questions as to whether ideology still counts as a…”
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Speaking for the Voiceless? Representative Claims-Making on Behalf of Future Generations in Belgium by Vermassen, Daan, Caluwaerts, Didier, Erzeel, Silvia

“…Abstract Given that modern democracies face generation-transcending policy challenges, this study asks whether the interests of future generations are…”
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Methodological Reflections on Studying Gender‐Sensitive Parliaments Cross‐Nationally: A “Most Significant Change” Approach by Ahrens, Petra, Erzeel, Silvia, Fieremans, Merel

“…Whilst cross-national comparative analyses provide distinct opportunities for the study of gender-sensitive parliaments, the inherent challenge in conducting…”
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Intersectional candidate nomination: how district and party factors shape the inclusion of ethnic minority men and women in Brussels by Janssen, Chloé, Erzeel, Silvia, Celis, Karen

“…While it is axiomatic to note how ethnic minorities and women are both politically underrepresented in Western Europe, the interaction between ethnicity and…”
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Double Jeopardy or multiple advantage?: Intersectionality and political representation by Liza M Mugge, Silvia Erzeel

“…This special issue revisits traditional group-based approaches to political representation by examining how multiple advantages and disadvantages interact and…”
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Angry men and angry women: gender, system-directed anger and populist radical right voting in Belgium by Silvia Erzeel, Merel Fieremans, Anne Van Bavel, Benjamin Blanckaert, Didier Caluwaerts

“…Why do men and women vote for the populist radical right? This question, which speaks to the phenomenon of the “radical right gender gap”, has been the topic…”
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Gender and politics research in Europe: towards a consolidation of a flourishing political science subfield? by Ahrens, Petra, Erzeel, Silvia, Evans, Elizabeth, Kantola, Johanna, Kuhar, Roman, Lombardo, Emanuela

“…Over the past twenty years, the field of “gender and politics” has flourished in European political science. An example of this is the growing number of…”
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Poder, privilegio y desventaja: teoría interseccional y representación política by Severs, Eline, Celis, Karen, Erzeel, Silvia

“…Este artículo revisa críticamente la extensa literatura sobre la representación política de los grupos sociales y destaca las ventajas de la teoría…”
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Beyond the Usual Suspects: Non-Left, Male and Non-Feminist MPs and the Substantive Representation of Women by Celis, Karen, Erzeel, Silvia

“…The focus on female MPs and leftist and feminist issues in traditional studies of women's substantive representation has supported the overall conclusion that…”
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Explaining Legislators' Actions on Behalf of Women in the Parliamentary Party Group: The Role of Attitudes, Resources, and Opportunities by Erzeel, Silvia

“…Scholars of women's substantive representation have often looked for an empirical link between legislators' sex and their actions on behalf of women. However,…”
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Hacking the representative system through deliberation? The organization of the Agora party in Brussels by Junius, Nino, Caluwaerts, Didier, Matthieu, Joke, Erzeel, Silvia

“…Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a variety of deliberative practices in the organization and activities of political parties. What remains unclear,…”
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Power, privilege and disadvantage: Intersectionality theory and political representation by Severs, Eline, Celis, Karen, Erzeel, Silvia

“…This article critically reviews the extant literature on social group representation and clarifies the advantages of intersectionality theory for studying…”
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Still men's parties? Gender and the radical right in comparative perspective by Erzeel, Silvia, Rashkova, Ekaterina R.

“…This framing paper introduces the symposium on gender and the radical right. With the exception of a few recent studies, gender issues have received little…”
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Is It Gender, Ideology or Resources? Individual-Level Determinants of Preferential Voting for Male or Female Candidates by Erzeel, Silvia, Caluwaerts, Didier

“…This article examines the role of gender in determining preferential votes for electoral candidates in the 2009 Belgian regional elections. Specifically, we…”
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Measuring the Substantive Representation of Women Cross-Nationally: Towards a Composite Index by Rashkova, Ekaterina R, Erzeel, Silvia

“…Recent scholarship on women’s substantive representation has expanded from its initial focus on gender inequalities in parliaments and now studies (1) various…”
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Introduction to Symposium: The Substantive Representation of Disadvantaged Groups – Taking Stock and Moving Forward by Erzeel, Silvia, Rashkova, Ekaterina R

“…This symposium takes stock of current developments in the field of substantive representation of disadvantaged social groups. It revisits traditional…”
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United by history, divided by God? Religion among Dutch and Belgian members of the European Parliament by Caluwaerts, Didier, Erzeel, Silvia, Junius, Nino, Matthieu, Joke, Polfliet, Daan

“…Even though the European project has often been claimed to be a secular one, studies point out that the European Parliament is an arena in which a more…”
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Quotas and intersectionality: Ethnicity and gender in candidate selection by Celis, Karen, Erzeel, Silvia, Mügge, Liza, Damstra, Alyt

“…Gender equality is not fully realised when it is restricted to ethnic majority men and women. This article examines how gender quotas as a form of equality…”
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Introduction: Intersectionality in European political science research by Erzeel, Silvia, Mügge, Liza

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