Gender-Related Political Knowledge and the Descriptive Representation of Women

Sanbonmatsu, Kira

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“…This finding is corroborated by the predicted probabilities, 10 suggesting that in Portugal, attitudes on gender issues are much less related to party labels than they are in the USA (Dolan, 2010;Dolan and Sanbonmatsu, 2009;Sanbonmatsu, 2003).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…These three variables were included in the model because they are likely to play a role in whether or not respondents want to see more female MPs elected. The effect of age has been reported previously (Dolan, 2010;Dolan and Sanbonmatsu, 2009;Sanbonmatsu, 2003), but I would expect that, in addition to young people, those who are more educated and who are more interested in politics are more willing to see women's presence in parliament increase.…”

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Citizens’ attitudes towards descriptive representation: The case of women in Portugal

Espírito-Santo

2015

European Journal of Women's Studies

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Although the gender composition of assemblies is slowly changing in order to include more women, very little is known about citizens' attitudes towards women's descriptive representation. Using data from a representative sample of the Portuguese population, this article aims to offer an explanation of citizens' attitudes towards women in parliament. It demonstrates that the Portuguese population is willing to see the presence of women in political power increase, but only up to a certain point: although most people support an increase in the number of female MPs, only a minority wish a substantial increase. This article makes a valuable contribution to the literature by demonstrating that, more than party identification or gender stereotypes, issues surrounding concerns with women's interests and with the quality of democracy are strongly related to a desire for a gender equilibrated political environment.

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Citizens’ attitudes towards descriptive representation: The case of women in Portugal

Espírito-Santo

2015

European Journal of Women's Studies

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“…326-341 C 2013, Midwest Political Science Association DOI: 10.1111 interactions. Numerous studies (e.g., Burrell 1994;Sanbonmatsu 2003;Swers 2002) have demonstrated that female legislators are more likely than their male counterparts to sponsor "women's issues" bills such as education, child care, and family health legislation. Additional gender differences have been found everywhere from leadership styles (e.g., Rosenthal 1998), to the nature of constituency service (e.g., Thomas 1992), to communication patterns in hearings (e.g., Kathlene 1994).…”

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When Are Women More Effective Lawmakers Than Men?

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Wiseman

Wittmer

2013

American J Political Sci

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Previous scholarship has demonstrated that female lawmakers differ from their male counterparts by engaging more fully in consensus-building activities. We argue that this behavioral difference does not serve women equally well in all institutional settings. Contentious and partisan activities of male lawmakers may help them outperform women when in a polarized majority party. However, in the minority party, while men may choose to obstruct and delay, women continue to strive to build coalitions and bring about new policies. We find strong evidence that minority party women in the U.S. House of Representatives are better able to keep their sponsored bills alive through later stages of the legislative process than are minority party men, across the 93 rd -110 th Congresses (1973Congresses ( -2008. The opposite is true for majority party women, however, who counterbalance this lack of later success by introducing more legislation. Moreover, while the legislative style of minority party women has served them well consistently across the past four decades, majority party women have become less effective as Congress has become more polarized.

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“…Bu nedenle eğer kadınlar siyasette yeterli düzeyde temsil edilmezlerse cinsel taciz, kadın sağlığı, doğum oranları ve bebek ölümleri, halk sağlığı, eğitim ve beslenme, AIDS'ın yayılmasını önlemek, kendi kendini idame ettirebilen sivil toplum kuruluşları oluşturmak ve demokrasiyi teşvik etmek (Coleman, 2004: 80) gibi meseleler daha az ilgi çekecektir (Hughes, 2009: 174). Kısacası, siyasal ve kamusal alanda daha fazla kadının varlığı kadınlar da dahil olmak üzere tüm dezavantajlı kesimler, çocuklar ve ailelerin ihtiyaçlarına daha çok odaklanılmasını sağlayacaktır (Swers, 2002;Sanbonmatsu, 2003;Wolbrecht, Campbell, 2007).…”

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Sosyo-Ekonomik Siyasal ve Kültürel Faktörler Ekseninde Kadın Milletvekili Temsil Oranına İlişkin Bir Analiz: OECD Ülkeleri Örneği

Topuz¹

2015

HÜ İİBF DERGİSİ

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ÖzBu çalışmada ulusal parlamentolardaki kadın milletvekili temsil oranını belirlediği varsayılan sosyo-ekonomik, siyasal ve kültürel faktörlerin etkisi OECD ülkeleri için analiz edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda, sosyo-ekonomik faktörler içinde sayılan kadının işgücüne katılım oranı ve şehirleşme oranının pozitif yönlü, üniversite mezunu kadın oranının ise negatif yönlü olarak kadın milletvekili temsil oranı üzerinde anlamlı etkisi olduğu saptanmıştır. Siyasal faktörlerden biri olan parlamentondaki parti sayısının pozitif yönlü ve kültürel faktörler arasında sayılan OECD ülkelerindeki baskın din (Hıristiyanlığın) değişkenin pozitif yönlü olarak kadın milletvekili temsil oranını anlamlı olarak etkilediği belirlenmiştir.Anahtar Sözcükler: OECD Ülkeleri, kadın milletvekili oranları, kadın temsili etkileyen faktörler. Abstract An Analysis of the Percentage of Women Representatives in the Context of Social-Economic, Political and Cultural Factors: Sample of OECD CountriesIn this study, the influence of socio-economic, political and cultural factors which are accepted as the determining factors for the percentage of women representatives in national parliaments are analyzed for OECD countries. In this context, according to the results of the regression analysis done on the socioeconomic factors, it was determined that the rate of women participating in the labor force and the rate of urbanization have a positive effect while the rate of women holding a bachelor's degree have a negative one on the percentage of women representatives. In addition, the number of political parties in parliament

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Gender-Related Political Knowledge and the Descriptive Representation of Women

Cited by 125 publications

References 34 publications

Citizens’ attitudes towards descriptive representation: The case of women in Portugal

Citizens’ attitudes towards descriptive representation: The case of women in Portugal

When Are Women More Effective Lawmakers Than Men?

Sosyo-Ekonomik Siyasal ve Kültürel Faktörler Ekseninde Kadın Milletvekili Temsil Oranına İlişkin Bir Analiz: OECD Ülkeleri Örneği

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