Autor: KOUBA, Karel
Co-autor: POSKOČILOVÁ , Petra
Resumen o primeras líneas
Several women have been successful candidates in Latin American presidential elections during the last decade. But this historical success has been limited to only a few countries in the region. What are the main causes of this variation? The article develops arguments stemming from the institutionalist theory and proposes that electoral-institutional characteristics of the countries should be considered to be important determinants.