Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise"
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Affirmative action measures and electoral candidates’ positioning in Zambia
Wang, Vibeke; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Peters, Yvette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While the increase of women in elected office has received much scholarly attention, less attention has been paid to the dynamics of resisting gender quotas in countries that fail to adopt such measures despite regional ... -
Candidate selection and informal soft quotas for women: gender imbalance in political recruitment in Zambia
Wang, Vibeke; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)What does it take for a female aspirant to win a party nomination in a candidate-centered electoral system in an emerging democracy? Three decades after the third wave of democratization hit Africa, we still know little ... -
Explaining Backlash: Social Hierarchy and Men’s Rejection of Women’s Rights Reforms
Benstead, Lindsay; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Wang, Vibeke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Governments promote gender-sensitive policies, yet little is known about why reform campaigns evoke backlash. Drawing on social position theory, we test whether marginalized (women’s organizations) or intrusive (Western ... -
Gender and Political Seniority: Three Measures
Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Stavenes, Torill (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article offers an innovative way of understanding gender balance in parliaments. Motivated by research documenting how newcomers are disadvantaged during their first term in office, while senior members enjoy certain ... -
(How) Do Voters Discriminate Against Women Candidates? Experimental and Qualitative Evidence From Malawi
Clayton, Amanda; Robinson, Amanda Lea; Johnson, Martha; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)How do voters evaluate women candidates in places where traditional gender norms are strong? We conduct a survey experiment in Malawi to assess both whether citizens discriminate against women candidates and how other ... -
Payments and Penalties for Democracy: Gendered Electoral Financing in Action Worldwide
Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Mazur, Amy G.; Hoard, Season (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article examines the interplay between gendered electoral financing (GEF) and other crucial factors in democratic elections worldwide to determine whether, how, and why these understudied mechanisms help achieve gender ... -
Understanding handouts in candidate selection: Challenging party authority in Malawi
Chiweza, Asiyati Lorraine; Kayuni, Happy M.; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article discusses the purposes and drivers of handouts in party primaries in Malawi. We argue that existing explanations of handouts are incomplete because they are developed to identify dynamics in presidential or ...