From Passive to Active Representation: The Case of Women Congressional Staff

Rosenthal, C. S.; Bell, Lauren C.

doi:10.1093/jopart/mug008

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“…gender and race) mirror the demographic characteristics of the public (Mosher 1968); however, the latter occurs when bureaucrats intentionally carry out actions that help clients who share the same identities. The study of gender representation finds that passive representation can lead to active representation for women not only in gendered policy areas such as child support (Wilkins and Keiser 2006) but also in the field of political affairs (Rosenthal and Bell 2003). Female bureaucrats not only actively strive for the benefit of female clients but also spark female clients' motivation to cooperate with bureaucrats in the service provision process.…”

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Gender, situational visibility, and discretionary decision-making of regulatory street-level bureaucrats under pandemic emergency: an experimental study in China

Yang

Huang

2021

Public Management Review

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How is the discretion of police officers influenced by clients' gender and situational visibility under emergency regulations? To answer this question, this study uses the scenario-based-experimental-survey data collected from 878 police officers from three cities in China under the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that the effect of gender congruence on the leniency of officers is only significantly positive when police and clients are both female. However, situational visibility will weaken the gender effect, reducing the officers' leniency towards females. Moreover, visibility makes police even harsher towards male violators. The findings provide some practical implications.

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Gender, situational visibility, and discretionary decision-making of regulatory street-level bureaucrats under pandemic emergency: an experimental study in China

Yang

Huang

2021

Public Management Review

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“…But descriptive representation is not always enough. For descriptive representation to mutate into active or substantive forms of influence, women require sufficient resources, status and discretion (Meier and Bohte, 2001; Rosenthal and Bell, 2003; Wilkins and Keiser, 2006). They also need to work in institutions appropriately organised to influence outcomes (Keiser et al, 2002).…”

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Who Does What Work in a Ministerial Office: Politically Appointed Staff and the Descriptive Representation of Women in Australian Political Offices, 1979–2010

Taflaga

Kerby

2019

Political Studies

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Women are underrepresented within political institutions, which can (negatively) impact policy outcomes. We examine women’s descriptive representation as politically appointed staff within ministerial offices. Politically appointed staff are now institutionalised into the policy process, so who they are is important. To date, collecting systematic data on political staff has proved impossible. However, for the first time we demonstrate how to build a systematic data set of this previously unobservable population. We use Australian Ministerial Directories (telephone records) from 1979 to 2010 (a method that can notionally be replicated in advanced democratic jurisdictions), to examine political advising careers in a similar manner as elected political elites. We find that work in political offices is divided on gender lines: men undertake more policy work, begin and end their careers in higher status roles and experience greater career progression than women. We find evidence that this negatively impacts women’s representation and their later career paths into parliament.

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“…Therefore, it is the adherence to this role, not just demographic characteristics, that triggers active representation. In addition, external actors in the policy process, such as interest groups, influence bureaucrats’ role perception because they may demand and expect activism (Rosenthal & Bell, 2003). Ambiguity in the policy domain could hinder active representation or make it indistinguishable from passive (Riccucci & Meyers, 2004).…”

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The Glass Ceiling Revisited

Caceres-Rodriguez

2011

Administration & Society

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Gender continues to shape organizational life in profound ways. Theorizing about gender in public institutions has been scarce. This article is an attempt to reinsert gender in our research agenda. First, macro-level theories of gender in organizations are discussed; then, the literature in public administration is surveyed. The author contends that the theory of representative bureaucracy provides a tremendous theoretical platform for understanding gender's sociocultural forces as well as normative avenues and prospects for change. Such an approach will move us beyond description (i.e., lack of representation) to a better understanding of how gender is deployed and acquires signification in organizational life.

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From Passive to Active Representation: The Case of Women Congressional Staff

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Gender, situational visibility, and discretionary decision-making of regulatory street-level bureaucrats under pandemic emergency: an experimental study in China

Gender, situational visibility, and discretionary decision-making of regulatory street-level bureaucrats under pandemic emergency: an experimental study in China

Who Does What Work in a Ministerial Office: Politically Appointed Staff and the Descriptive Representation of Women in Australian Political Offices, 1979–2010

The Glass Ceiling Revisited

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