Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to the Electoral Gender Quotas. By Cecilia Josefsson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 280p.

dc.contributor.authorPérez-Bentancur, Verónica
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-28T17:20:42Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractDefending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas is an exceptional book where Cecilia Josefsson examines the resistance strategies employed by male political elites against a complex endogenous institutional change: the adoption of gender quota laws. This outstandingly written book develops a detailed theory about resistance to gender quotas and is based on extensive qualitative fieldwork.
dc.identifier.issn1537-5927
dc.identifier.issn1541-0986
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/defending-the-status-quo-on-adaptive-resistance-to-the-electoral-gender-quotas-by-cecilia-josefsson-oxford-oxford-university-press-2024-280p/3778BC79C46D6447ECBD67F53E21F536
dc.identifier.urihttps://rdigef.unam.mx/handle/rdigef/2272
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPerspectives on Politics
dc.subjectGender Studies
dc.subjectCultural Studies
dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subjectHuman Geography
dc.subjectGénero (Identidad)
dc.subjectDiferencias sexuales
dc.subjectIdentidad de género en la educación
dc.titleDefending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to the Electoral Gender Quotas. By Cecilia Josefsson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 280p.
dc.typeArticle

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