Gender and candidate selection in a weakly institutionalised party system: the case of Samoa

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dc.contributor.authorBaker, Kerryn
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-01T23:36:38Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T11:42:09Z
dc.description.abstractWomen’s political representation has historically been low in Samoa, as in much of the Pacific region. Candidate selection is viewed as a crucial factor in women’s under-representation globally. This article contends that the lack of formalised party selection processes sets Samoa apart from most other countries studied as part of the literature on gender and candidate selection. Yet, as this article shows, pre-selection processes exist at the village level, where a weak level of institutionalisation in the party system gives an inordinate amount of influence to local male gatekeepers. These processes are gendered, but can advantage female candidates that successfully navigate them. The extent to which these pre-election processes affect results depends largely on informal norms of group consensus within communities. This article looks at these processes in the context of the 2016 Samoan election, the first since a constitutional amendment mandating a minimum level of women’s representation in Parliament.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch for this paper was carried out while the author was involved in the 2016 Samoa General Elections Domestic Observation Project, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1036-1146en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/251315
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen_AU
dc.rights© 2017 Australian Political Studies Associationen_AU
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of Political Scienceen_AU
dc.subjectSamoaen_AU
dc.subjectgenderen_AU
dc.subjectcandidate selectionen_AU
dc.subjectpolitical partiesen_AU
dc.subjectfemale candidatesen_AU
dc.titleGender and candidate selection in a weakly institutionalised party system: the case of Samoaen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage72en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage57en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBaker, Kerryn, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4966521@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidBaker, Kerryn, u4966521en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor169901 - Gender Specific Studiesen_AU
local.identifier.absfor160601 - Australian Government and Politicsen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB9211en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume53en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1080/10361146.2017.1416582en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85038120093
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.routledge.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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