French Politics is proud to present a special collection of articles on gender and politics with papers on topics such as the parity reforms, women and elections, and gender and public policy in France.

How to become a députée – Lean to the left: Party differences and gender parity in the 2012 National Assembly elections
Priscilla Southwell


Gender parity thwarted? The effect of electoral reform on Senate and European Parliamentary elections in France, 1999–2011
Priscilla L Southwell


Unequals among equals: Party strategic discrimination and quota laws
Tània Verge and Aurélia Troupel


Roundtable 3 – State-society relations and republican ideology
Amy Mazur


Do Women Represent Women in France? The Case of Brittany's Regional Council
Katherine A R Opello


Parity — From Perversion to Political Progress: Changing Discourses of ‘French Exception
Raylene Ramsay