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Council Size Matters: Filling Blanks in Women’s Municipal Representation in New Jersey

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This article “goes local” to investigate the representation of women on city councils, seeking explanations for the variation in women’s descriptive representation at the municipal level. Using the State of New Jersey (NJ) as a case, it is asked: what explains why women fare electorally better in some NJ municipalities than in others? More specifically, what explains “blanks”—or councils on which women are absent—in women’s representation in local politics? It is demonstrated that council size is a significant predictor of women’s presence or absence, but not percentage representation, on city councils.

Source: State and Local Government Review

DOI: 10.1177/0160323x18824387

Authors: Ulrik Kjaer, Kelly Dittmar, Susan J. Carroll

Institutions: University of Southern Denmark, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Language: English

Topic: Gender Politics and Representation

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2912398701