Franceschet

Susan Franceschet

Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary

About Susan

Franceschet’s research focuses on women and politics, gender quotas in comparative perspective, and gender and public policy.

Contributions

Evolving Norms and the Demand for Equal Female Inclusion in Governing Cabinets

  • Claire Annesley
  • Susan Franceschet

In the News

"Spain's Majority-Female Cabinet Embodies Women's Global Rise to Power," Karen Beckwith (with Susan Franceschet), The Conversation, July 13, 2018.
"There are Three Rules of Cabinet Appointments. Will Donald Trump Break Them?," Karen Beckwith (with Claire Annesley and Susan Franceschet), The Washington Post, November 25, 2016.
"What is ‘Merit’ Anyway? On Using Gender Quotas in Cabinet Appointments," Karen Beckwith (with Claire Annesley and Susan Franceschet), PSA Women and Politics Blog, November 5, 2015.
Susan Franceschet quoted on gender quotas by Aili Mari Tripp and Alice Kang, "Twenty Years after the Most Important U.N. Conference on Women, What - if Anything - Has Changed?" The Washington Post, September 25, 2015.
Susan Franceschet quoted on Justin Trudeau’s cabinet by Lisa Kassenaar, "Feminist Trudeau Names Women to Half of Posts in New Cabinet" Bloomberg, November 5, 2014.

Publications

"What Do Women Symbolize? Symbolic Representation and Cabinet Appointments" (with Claire Annesley and Karen Beckwith). Politics, Groups, and Identities 5, no. 3 (2017): 488-493.

Shows how the concept of symbolic representation sheds light on the representative dimensions of cabinets, arguing that leaders follow informal rules about which groups, including women, must be included in cabinets.

"Women and Politics in Chile" (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005).

Traces women's political activism in Chile - from the early twentieth century struggles for suffrage to current efforts to expand and deepen the practice of democracy. 

The Impact of Gender Quotas (Oxford University Press, 2012).

Examines the impact of gender quotas across descriptive, substantive and symbolic dimensions of representation. Uses case studies from twelve countries to build broad theories about gender quotas and women's representation.

Comparative Public Policy in Latin America (University of Toronto Press, 2012).

Refines current theories to suit Latin America’s contemporary institutional and socio-economic realities. Identifies the features of the region that shape public policy, including informal norms and practices, social inequality, and weak institutions.