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Interfaces • Sociologias 17 (39) • Aug 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/15174522-017003921   copy

Victorious women in politics: a comparative study on candidacies for the state legislature in Rio Grande do Sul in 2010

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This paper intends to contribute for the discussion on woman and politics by analyzing the results of the election for state legislators in Rio Grande do Sul in the 2010. A gender based comparative table was elaborated contrasting male and female elected candidates, in order to determine similarities and differences in the development of victorious candidacies, considering, considering the following variables: economic resources (campaign official expenses/revenues) and political resources or political trajectory (political career, networking, political activism). Our purpose was ultimately studying these data in the light of the current debates on the inclusion of women in the political scenario.

Candidacies; State Representativeness; Elections 2010

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