Publications & Other Research

My publications and research agenda reflect my interests in identity, representation, political parties, and the politics of policymaking. Some of the projects I am excited to be working on now explore women and gender in populist radical right parties, public support for different types of positive action measures and gender-egalitarian policies more broadly, the impacts of gender quota laws, and the political causes and consequences of the "mental load" (cognitive household labor). 

In progress:

"The Political Consequences of the Mental Load." Working paper.     

 

*2023 Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section Award for best paper presented at 2022  APSA annual meeting 

 

See video from presentation at Oxford's Department of Social Policy and Intervention seminar, January 2024

 

"The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Men’s and Women’s Intentions to Participate in Public Life." Working paper (with Anna Nordnes Helgøy).

 

“Quotas or Parity? How the Framing of Positive Action Measures Affects Public Support and Backlash.” Working paper (with Hilde Coffé and Sparsha Saha).

 

"When Is Gender on the Agenda? Political Parties and (De-)Democratization in Greece, Portugal, and Spain." Working paper (with Paloma Caravantes, Ana Espírito-Santo, Emanuela Lombardo, Maria Stratigaki, and Sami Gul). 
 

“The New Defenders of Gender Equality? The Representation of Women's Interests in Populist Radical Right Parties.” Working paper (with Bonnie Meguid, Miki Kittilson, and Hilde Coffé).

 

"Suport for Work-Family Policies: Candidate Gender and Preferences for Child Care and Parental Leave." Working paper (with Jessica C. Smith).

 

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

Latura, Audrey S. and Ana Catalano Weeks. 2023. "Corporate Board Quotas and Gender Equality Policies in the Workplace." American Journal of Political Science 67: 606 -- 622.  pdf version  web appendix  replication files 

            See Slides and video from presentation at HKS Women and Public Policy Program seminar, March 2021

Weeks, Ana Catalano, Bonnie M. Meguid, Miki Caul Kittilson, and Hilde Coffé. 2023. “When do Männerparteien Elect Women? Radical Right Populist Parties and Strategic Descriptive Representation.” American Political Science Review 117(2): 421--438.   pdf version   web appendix  replication files 

Weeks, Ana Catalano and Francesco Masala. 2023. "Still 'the Domain of Men'? Gender Quotas and Women's Inclusion in Local Politics in Italy.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 48: 503 -- 534. pdf version  web appendix  replication files 

Weeks, Ana Catalano and Peter Allen. 2022. "Backlash Against 'Identity Politics': Far Right Success and Mainstream Party Attention to Identity Groups." Politics, Groups, and Identities, first published online April 27.   pdf version   web appendix   replication files 

Saha, Sparsha and Ana Catalano Weeks. 2022. "Ambitious Women: Gender and Voter Perceptions of Candidate Ambition", Political Behavior 44: 779 -- 805. pdf version    web appendix   replication files

Weeks,  Ana Catalano. 2019. "Quotas and Party Priorities: Direct and Indirect Effects of Quota Laws", Political Research Quarterly, Vol 72, Issue 4.  pdf version  web appendix  replication files 

Weeks, Ana Catalano. 2018. "Why Are Gender Quota Laws Adopted by Men? The Role of Inter- and Intra-Party Competition", Comparative Political Studies 51(14): 1935 -- 1973. pdf version  web appendix  

*2018 Franklin L. Burdette / Pi Sigma Alpha Award for best paper presented at 2017 APSA

*2018 Sage Award for best paper developing or applying qualitative methods at 2017 APSA from the Qualitative and Multi-Method Research section  

Weeks, Ana Catalano. and Lisa Baldez. 2015. "Quotas and qualifications: the impact of gender quota laws on the qualifications of legislators in the Italian parliament", European Political Science Review 7(01), pp.119-144.

Catalano, Ana. 2009. "Women acting for women? An analysis of gender and debate participation in the British House of Commons 2005–2007", Politics & Gender5(01), pp.45-68.

Book Chapters:

Coffé, Hilde, Miki Caul Kittilson, Bonnie M. Meguid and Ana Catalano Weeks. 2023. "Parties, Issues, and Gender". Chapter 27 for The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties, ed. Sofia Vasilopoulou, Neil Carter, Dan Keith, Gyda Sindre. 

Espírito-Santo, Ana and Ana Catalano Weeks. 2022. “Gender and Politics." Chapter 26 for The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics, ed. Jorge M. Fernandes, Pedro C. Magalhães, and António Costa Pinto

 

Other writing: 

 

Weeks, Ana Catalano and Jonathan Homola. 2022. "How Can We Measure Women's Substantive Representation? Towards a Dynamic Approach." APSA Comparative Politics Newsletter. Fall 2022, Vol XXXIII Issue 2. 

 

Weeks, Ana Catalano. "How Gender Quotas Broaden the Political Agenda." 2022. University of Bath Institute for Policy Research Blog and CUP 1584 Blog. 19 October. 

 

Weeks, Ana Catalano and Audrey Latura. "How Corporate Board Quotas Influence Gender Equality Policies within Companies." 2022. LSE European Politics and Policy Blog. 7 July. 

 

Weeks, Ana Catalano, Bonnie M. Meguid, Miki Caul Kittilson, and Hilde Coffé. "How radical right populist parties use the representation of women as an electoral tool." 2022. LSE European Politics and Policy Blog. 4 April. 

 

Weeks, Ana Catalano and Sparsha Saha. “Shifting Norms on Gender and Leadership: Are Ambitious Women Punished in Politics?” 2020. LSE British Politics and Policy Blog. 25 September.