Women’s representation in politics (2021)
Book Chapter
Wolchik, S., & Chiva, M. (2021). Women’s representation in politics. In K. Fábián, J. Johnson, & M. Lazda (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia (441-449). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781138347762-74

This chapter argues that in order to understand the historical trajectory of women’s representation in politics in Central-Eastern Europe since the collapse of state socialism, it is important to focus on the interaction of two main factors: the pers... Read More about Women’s representation in politics.

Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies (2017)
Book
Chiva, M. (2017). Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-01177-0

This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout... Read More about Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies.

Strong investiture rules and minority governments in Romania (2015)
Book Chapter
Chiva, C. (2015). Strong investiture rules and minority governments in Romania. In B. Rasch, S. Martin, & J. Cheibub (Eds.), Parliaments and Government Formation: Unpacking Investiture Rules (197-216). Oxford: Oxford University Press

The chapter examines the process of government formation in post-communist Romania by seeking to explain the combination of a high incidence of minority cabinets, on the one hand, and the strong investiture rules characteristic of positive parliament... Read More about Strong investiture rules and minority governments in Romania.