10. Transparency in local government: exploring the impact of female leadership and political context

10. Transparency in local government: exploring the impact of female leadership and political context

Ribeiro, B. F. G., Rodrigues, M. Â., & Tejedo-Romero, F. (2026). Transparency in local government: exploring the impact of female leadership and political context. Local Government Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2025.2612054


This study examines the relationship between female leadership and municipal transparency in Portugal, focusing on how political context shapes this link across the country’s 308 municipalities. Using data from the Municipal Transparency Index for 2013 and 2017, the authors draw on Social Role Theory and Representative Bureaucracy to assess whether the gender of mayors affects online information disclosure. The findings show that female leadership alone does not significantly increase transparency; in unfavorable political settings, municipalities led by women may even display lower transparency than those led by men. However, this relationship is highly conditional. When female mayors govern with an absolute majority, the negative effect is reversed and becomes positive, highlighting the importance of political stability and institutional support. Left-wing party affiliation also mitigates the negative association, though less robustly. Beyond gender, financial autonomy increases transparency, while higher unemployment reduces it. Overall, the study concludes that gender quotas are insufficient on their own: effective transparency gains require real political power, resources, and supportive institutional contexts for women leaders.

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