Class Year
2017
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Spring 2015
Department 1
Political Science
Abstract
A critical factor of gender and development is the political empowerment of women. Beyond this equality, however, what are the effects of women in government? This paper investigates these effects by examining the relationship between the percentage of women in parliament and overall government effectiveness. The research strongly supports the theory that women are more effective political leaders than their male counterparts.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Tootell, Abigail L., "The Effect of Women in Government on Government Effectiveness" (2015). Student Publications. 302.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/302
Included in
American Politics Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Models and Methods Commons, Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Commons, Policy History, Theory, and Methods Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Comments
This paper was written for Prof. Caroline Hartzell's course, POL 303: Topics in International Relations: Women and the Political Economy of Development, Spring 2015.