Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 The Puzzle of Women's Underrepresentation in Brazil; 2 Willing and Able: Party Institutionalization, Party Leadership, and Women's Representation; 3 Brazil's Quota Law and the Challenges of Institutional Change Amidst Weak and Gendered Institutions; 4 Overcoming Gendered Obstacles: Voters, Electoral Rules, and Parties; 5 Electoral Rules, Party Support, and Women's Unexpected Successes in Elections to the Brazilian Senate

6 Supermadres, Lutadoras, and Technocrats: The Bounded Profiles of Brazil's Female Politicians7 Intersections between Race and Gender in Brazil's 2014 Chamber of Deputies Elections; 8 Theoretical Implications and Comparative Perspectives; Appendices; Appendix 4.1 Operationalizing Party Institutionalization and Women in Party Leadership; Appendix 4.2 Party Institutionalization Index, Women in Party Leadership, and the Success of Female Candidates to the Chamber of Deputies, by Party and by State (1998-2010); Appendix 4.3 Which Parties Comply with the Gender Quota? (1998-2010)

Appendix 5.1 Modeling Cross-Chamber Comparison of Women's Electoral SuccessList of Interviews; Bibliography; Index