School of Politics & International Relations

Marija Taflaga, Australian National University

Sex and politics is a well-established theme of political life.

New research from Australian National University researchers Dr Katrine Beauregard and Dr Marija Taflaga provides unique insights into the effectiveness and limitations of party level quotes for improving women’s presentation in politics.

A new study by Dr Katrine Beauregard and Dr Marija Taflaga published in Parliamentary Affairs provides a unique insight into how party quotas work and identifies factors that may limit their success.

The project has the overall purpose of enhancing capacity for forecasting mass atrocities and genocide globally and in the Asia-Pacific region. The specific aims are to:

Social movements such as the civil rights movement, the environment movement and the women's movement have changed the political landscape of Western democracies in recent decades. If social movements play a crucial role in bringing new issues onto the policy agenda and new actors into the policy process, we need to know more about the life-cycles of social movements and their effects on the Australian polity.

This project explores social movement evolution with reference to the experience of the Australian women's movement.