Gender and elections in recognised and unrecognised states: The 2012 contests to the legislatures of Georgia and Abkhazia
Abstract
The paper examines the divergent gender aspect of two parliamentary contests held in 2012 in the de facto state of Abkhazia and its parent state of Georgia.The paper places the election results in the context of the states’ electoral environments - the electoral systems, the political parties contesting the elections, and the impact of the 2012 amendments to Georgian law on political parties, which included financial incentive to support a 20% gender quota for candidates. It presents a gender analysis of the party candidates and of the election results. It assesses the impact of the electoral environment on women politicians by using a comparative case study of the election campaigns of selected women candidates.
About the Author
Karolina Ó Beacháin Stefańczak
Дублинский университет (Ирландия)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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