Prime ministerial careers in the European Union: does gender make a difference?

Müller‐Rommel, Ferdinand; Vercesi, Michelangelo

doi:10.1080/23745118.2016.1225655

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“…In the context of European democracies, Verge and Astudillo (2018) find that female members of (regional) executives are even better equipped for the job than their male counterparts. Moreover, men and women who get to the top executive post (HoG) display no systematic differences in their career paths (Baturo and Gray 2018; Müller-Rommel and Vercesi 2017).…”

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It's a Long Way to the Top: Women's Ministerial Career Paths

Kroeber

Hüffelmann

2021

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Ministerial portfolios that promise high status, broad public visibility, and extensive financial and personnel resources continue to be men's domains. In this article, we shed light on gender inequality in ministerial selection processes by studying the duration from a minister's original appointment as a member of cabinet until he or she receives responsibility for a highly prestigious portfolio. We argue that the time it takes for ambitious politicians to prove themselves suitable for this type of cabinet position depends on their sex and the degree to which the policy area for which they are responsible reinforces stereotypical expectations about their personality traits. Empirical evidence from event history analysis of original data including detailed information on all ministerial careers in 27 European countries between 1990 to 2018 supports these propositions. These findings reveal that even highly qualified women politicians who are already members of the executive face additional barriers during their political careers.

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It's a Long Way to the Top: Women's Ministerial Career Paths

Kroeber

Hüffelmann

2021

Pol & Gen

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“…7 We use “female” as a reference category. Female PMs struggle with a double disadvantage that influences the relationship we aim to study: They are less likely to have gathered extensive political experience, because women at the top—in CEE like in Western European countries—are still scarce (Franceschet et al, 2019; Müller-Rommel & Vercesi, 2017). At the same time, they might be forced to resign more frequently between elections (as indicated by research on ministers by Bright et al, 2015), leaving them with little time and room to perform successfully.…”

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How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Grotz

Müller‐Rommel

Berz

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Comparative Political Studies

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Even though Prime Ministers (PMs) are the central actors in parliamentary democracies, little comparative research explores what makes them perform successfully in office. This article investigates how the political careers of PMs affect their performance. For this purpose, we make use of a unique expert survey covering 131 cabinets in 11 Central and Eastern European countries between 1990 and 2018. Performance is defined as a two-dimensional set of tasks PMs ought to fulfill: first, managing the cabinet and directing domestic affairs as tasks delegated to their office, second, ensuring support of parliament and their own party, who constitute the direct principals. The findings indicate that a simple political insider career is not sufficient to enhance prime-ministerial performance. Rather, PMs who served as party leaders have the best preconditions to succeed in office.

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“…For example, political elites are traditionally male, with a higher socio-economic status, and well-educated (Putnam, 1976;Bovens and Wille, 2017;Gaxie, 2018). Moreover, they are used to reach higher political offices after acquiring some political expertise at lower levels and following paths of political professionalization (Blondel and Thiébault, 1991;Allen, 2013;MacKenzie, 2015;Müller-Rommel and Vercesi, 2017). On the other hand, family environments, political organizations and political institutions where individuals "learn and live" politics affect politicians' preferences and attitudes towards career paths (Searing et al, 1973;Mughan et al, 1997;Scully, 2005;Beauvallet-Haddad and Michon, 2010;Pilet et al, 2014;Daniel, 2015).…”

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Approaches and lessons in political career research: Babel or pieces of a patchwork?

Vercesi

2018

Rev. Esp. Cienc. Polít.

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Political careers are a classic subject of elite studies. Scholars have sought to understand what affects political profiles and career patterns' formation. However, political career research is characterized by a variety of approaches and explanations, which often do not communicate each other. A framework that integrates existing contributions is lacking, and this undermines the process of accumulation of knowledge. A comprehensive assessment of the literature is necessary in view of this potentially welcomed undertaking. After a conceptual introduction, I provide here a general overview of the approaches used in political career research, classifiable into two main schools. It is stressed their theoretical arguments, methodological strategies, and deficits. The note will provide bases for developing further the research field, by underling epistemological, theoretical, and methodological lessons. ResumenLas carreras políticas son un tema clásico en los estudios de las elites. Los investigadores han intentado entender qué influye sobre los perfiles políticos y la formación de los patrones de carrera. Sin embargo, la investigación sobre las carreras políticas se caracteriza por una variedad de enfoques y explicaciones que con frecuencia no se comunican entre sí. La falta de un marco que integre las contribuciones existentes mina el proceso de acumulación de conocimiento. En vistas de asumir esta tarea, es necesaria una evaluación comprensiva de la literatura. Después de Michelangelo VercesiRevista Española de Ciencia Política. Núm. 48. Noviembre 2018, pp. 183-206 una introducción conceptual, se ofrece aquí un panorama general de los enfoques utilizados en la investigación sobre carreras políticas, que pueden clasificarse en dos "escuelas" principales. Se subrayan sus argumentos teóricos, estrategias metodológicas, y carencias. Esta nota de investigación proveerá bases para el futuro desarrollo de este campo de investigación, subrayando lecciones epistemológicas, teóricas y metodológicas.Palabras clave: elites políticas, carreras políticas, enfoques teóricos, caminos hacia el poder, reclutamiento político.

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Prime ministerial careers in the European Union: does gender make a difference?

Cited by 18 publications

References 60 publications

It's a Long Way to the Top: Women's Ministerial Career Paths

It's a Long Way to the Top: Women's Ministerial Career Paths

How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Approaches and lessons in political career research: Babel or pieces of a patchwork?

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