Article
Researching the Gap: Women in Latin American Political Science
Journal of Politics in Latin America
(2023)
Abstract
This paper maps the gender balance in the discipline of political science in Latin America by examining data from 16 countries where we could find the number of female professors in political science departments (over 100 departments) as well as from 69 journals publishing political science research in Latin America and from 16 Latin Americanist journals in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We compare the proportion of female political science faculty members to the proportion of women serving as editors and as members of editorial and advisory committees for relevant academic journals. We find that a significant gender gap remains, both in political science departments and in journals, and that the gender gap is worse in journals based in Latin America than in those based outside the region.
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Publication Date
December, 2023
DOI
10.1177/1866802X231213384
Citation Information
Benjamin Goldfrank and Yanina Welp. "Researching the Gap: Women in Latin American Political Science" Journal of Politics in Latin America Vol. 15 Iss. 3 (2023) p. 337 - 350 ISSN: 1868-4890 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/benjamin_goldfrank/45/