Women candidates and party nomination trends in India: evidence from the 2009 general election

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Women candidates and party nomination trends in India: evidence from the 2009 general election

More women MPs than ever before were elected to the lower house of the national parliament of India in the 2009 General Election. Yet, the increase in women’s presence in the Lok Sabha cannot necessarily be attributed to the increased willingness of political parties to field more women candidates,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Spary, Carole
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2014
Subjects:	Elections political parties candidate nomination political recruitment women gender India
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38490/

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