Political Leadership in Papua New Guinea: Three Women Parliamentarians Defeated in the 2017 Election: Part One

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Title:	Political Leadership in Papua New Guinea: Three Women Parliamentarians Defeated in the 2017 Election: Part One
Author(s):	Yangin, Russel
Date published:	2021
Publisher:	Canberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Series/Report no.:	Department of Pacific Affairs discussion paper series: 2021/1
Description:	The three women parliamentarians who were elected in the 2012 Papua New Guinea (PNG) election failed to win re-election in the 2017 general election. Their electoral defeats only deepen the concern for gender representation in parliament. However, an analysis of their short-lived political careers reveals that their conduct in the 9th parliament is consistent with the demands and expectations made of the Papua New Guinean politician. In PNG there are two arenas in politics a member of parliament (MP) must contend with to ensure survival: the first, naturally, is electoral victory; the second is the politics of electoral development — when elected, an MP is expected to successfully deliver development to their electorate.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/222439
ISSN:	2205-7404

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