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Pathways to Political Candidacy for Minoritized Women in Ireland

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This groundbreaking book provides an account of how Traveller and other minoritized women understand, assess and experience local politics in Ireland. Through personal narratives and expert interv...
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  • 20 January 2026
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This groundbreaking book provides an account of how Traveller and other minoritized women understand, assess and experience local politics in Ireland.

Through personal narratives and expert interviews, the book explores minoritised women’s exclusion from traditional political spaces, their grassroots activism, and the challenges they face running for office. Drawing from a comparative analysis of minoritised women and politics from the USA, UK, and beyond, the book offers valuable lessons for fostering political inclusion. Its analysis is a vital contribution to global discourse on diversity, gender, and representation, making it essential for policymakers, scholars, and advocates for political equity.

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Price: $119.95
Pages: 268
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publication Date: 20 January 2026
ISBN: 9781529236620
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Political parties and party platforms, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Social discrimination and social justice, Political structures / systems: democracy
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'Cullen brilliantly explores obstacles to minoritised female political candidacy in Ireland, and the strategies used to overcome them. She also reveals the importance of these candidates, especially for the political norms they challenge once in office.  A splendid contribution!' Wendy Brown, Institute for Advanced Study
Pauline Cullen is Professor of Sociology at Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Republic of Ireland.

Part I: Context and Theory

1. Introduction: Centring Minoritized Women’s Democratic Inclusion

2. Ireland: Political and Social Context

3. Minoritized Women as Political Actors

4. Political Agency and Political Imagination

Part II: Practicing Politics

5. Political Ambition and Aspiration: Traveller Women

6. Political Ambition and Aspiration: Migrant Women

7. Diverse Paths, Shared Experience: Becoming a Candidate

8. Minoritized Women and Violence in Politics

Part III: Levelling the Field

9. Democratic Innovations

10. Training Programmes and Minoritized Women’s Access to Politics

11. Political Parties and Minoritized Women Candidates

12. Conclusion: Pathways to Democratic Representation of Minoritized Women