Gender and Corruption

Part I. Introduction

1. Why Expect a Link Between Gender and Corruption?
Helena Stensöta, Lena Wängnerud

2. The Historic Roots of Quality of Government: The Role of Gender Equality
Amy C. Alexander

3. Corruption, Gender Equality and Meritocracy
Bo Rothstein

Part II. Citizens and the Electoral Arena

4. Gender and Citizen Responses to Corruption among Politicians: The U.S. and Brazil
Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Justin Esarey, Erika Schumacher

5. Why Do Some Voters Prefer Female Candidates? The Role of Perceived Incorruptibility in Arab Elections
Lindsay J. Benstead, Ellen Lust

6. Gender Quotas and the Re(pro)duction of Corruption
Elin Bjarnegård, Mi Yung Yoon, Pär Zetterberg

Part III. Engendering the Bureaucracy

7. Corruption and Female Representation in the Bureaucracy
Helena Stensöta

8. Is Women’s Political Representation Beneficial to Women’s Interests in Autocracies? Theory and Evidence from Post-Soviet Russia
Marina Nistotskaya, Helena Stensöta

Part IV. Gender, Change, and Corruption

9. Does Gender Matter? Female Politicians’ Engagement in Anti-corruption Efforts
Amy C. Alexander, Andreas Bågenholm

10. Gender and Corruption in Mexico: Building a Theory of Conditioned Causality
Marcia Grimes, Lena Wängnerud

11. Gender Aspects of Government Auditing
Mattias Agerberg, Maria Gustavson, Aksel Sundström, Lena Wängnerud

Part V. New Avenues for Research

12. Corruption as Exploitation: Feminist Exchange Theories and the Link Between Gender and Corruption
Helen Lindberg, Helena Stensöta

13. Focusing on Masculinity and Male-Dominated Networks in Corruption
Elin Bjarnegård

14. Final Thoughts: Taking Stock and Reflections on Ways Forward
Helena Stensöta

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Politics and Gender, Governance and Government, Comparative Politics