Long-term impacts of parliamentary gender quotas in a single-party system: Symbolic co-option or delayed integration?

Joshi, Devin K.; Thimothy, Rakkee

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“…Although there have been recent instances of women receiving more 'masculine' posts, like defence (Barnes and O'Brien 2018;Barnes and Taylor-Robinson 2018), such cases are rare, and the gendered division of labour persists at both the national (Kroeber and Hüffelmann 2022) and the subnational level (Tremblay and Stockemer 2013). The pattern is especially noticeable when women are new to the institution, but it is likely to diminish as women's representation increases, as evidenced by studies of five Arab parliaments and the case of Vietnam (Joshi and Thimothy 2019;Shalaby and Elimam 2020). The gendered division of labour has affected women's advancement.…”

Section: Gender In Executive Appointmentsmentioning

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Women's Work: The Gendered Nature of Appointment Politics in Subnational China

Jiang,

Eaton,

Kostka

2023

Gov. & oppos.

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While comparative research on gender and politics has produced a sizable literature on the appointment of women to cabinet positions in democracies, we know surprisingly little about appointment practices in authoritarian contexts at subnational levels. We address this gap with the resumés of 3,681 political appointees in subnational China (2003–2020). Our analysis reveals that subnational Chinese politics meets most of the criteria scholars put forward as being indicative of gendered institutions: (1) women and men's career patterns are different; (2) women are assigned to more feminine posts, while masculine posts provide more promotion opportunities; and (3) regarding backgrounds, women are younger, better educated and more likely to be ethnic minorities as a result of the implementation of tandem quotas. The findings advance the literature on gender and politics, showing that gender's effect on appointment transcends regime types and the dichotomy of national/subnational politics.

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Section: Gender In Executive Appointmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women's Work: The Gendered Nature of Appointment Politics in Subnational China

Jiang,

Eaton,

Kostka

2023

Gov. & oppos.

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“…In terms of traditional ideological cleavages, several studies have found left-leaning parties in Asia to be generally more supportive of women's issues and women candidates than right-leaning parties (e.g. Haque 2003;Stockemer 2009;Joshi & Kingma 2013;Joshi 2015;Joshi & Thimothy 2019;Eto 2021). In the case of Western countries, studies often find newer center-left parties (e.g.…”

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“…Both are relatively economically underdeveloped, in a post-conflict setting with high rates of poverty and have only recently instituted one-third gender quotas for women MPs. The long-term effects of these quotas are still uncertain, but similar post-conflict gender quotas in Asia have exhibited positive effects as seen in Vietnam (Joshi & Thimothy 2019).…”

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Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments

Joshi¹,

Echle²

2022

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Analyzing an impressive array of countries, 'Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments' fills a considerable gap in the women in politics literature. With findings based on original interviews with leading political experts including parliamentarians, this collection goes beyond analyzing women's numerical presence in legislative bodies to understanding how myriad factors shape women's substantive representation. This book will be a vital resource for scholars and policymakers alike and anyone interested in advancing women's policy representation in Asia and beyond."Dr Farida Jalalzai, Professor of Political Science, Virginia Tech "This edited volume offers a rich collection of ten Asian case studies on women's substantive representation, written by scholars from the region, cognizant of the wide-ranging diversity that can be found in the transregional perspective. As such, the book is an important contribution to the global study of gender and politics, more than often dominated by scholars working on Global North case studies and experiences. The authors engage with a variety of factors and thus contribute significantly to our understandings as well as theorizing of women's political participation not only in electoral politics but zooming into wider, underlying questions of advancing gender equality and suggesting relevant, context-sensitive critical interventions." -Dr Andrea Fleschenberg, Associate Professor, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Asian and African Studies "Joshi and Echle have compiled a must-read book about women's substantive representation in an understudied world region. The chapters examine how women and men parliamentarians act on women's interests in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. They find that parliamentarians' ideas about men's and women's roles are formed through lived experiences and intersectional identities, but that institutions shape whether and how ideas become translated into policy. Their conclusions offer a potent reminder that women's presence does not always mean women's power." -Dr Jennifer M. Piscopo, Associate Professor of Politics, Occidental College "This book demonstrates how Asian parliamentarians have tackled policymaking for gender equality and to what extent they have achieved their agendas. It interests me specifically because I face the same problems in my everyday practice in Japan's Upper House. As a woman representative, I have been trying very hard to advance women's representation and gender equality. Gender equality in politics is no doubt a key to achieving gender equality in society. However, women MPs account for only approximately 14% of the Japanese Parliament, thereby making it difficult for me, as well as my female colleagues, to act for women and social minorities. The book offers abundant knowledge and information about gender equality and parliamentary politics. It encourages me to represent women descriptively as well as substantively. I recommend this book to many more parliamentarians inside and outside As...

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Gender Differences in Policy Preferences of Legislators: Evidence from China’s National Legislature

Jiang,

Chen

2023

Pol & Gen

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Do female legislators have different policy preferences than male legislators? Despite a large body of literature from liberal democracies and recent studies of electoral authoritarian regimes, this topic has received little attention in the context of single-party regimes. Based on quasi-experimental methods and regression models, we analyze original data from 38,383 proposals introduced during China’s 12th National People’s Congress and test the effect of gender on policies concerning conventionally selected feminine issues and “political stance,” issues that are unique to single-party regimes. The analysis confirms the effect of gender on policy preference across several feminine issues. However, the effect of gender is null on issues concerning political stance. Our findings suggest that while single-party regimes allow gender differences to emerge among legislators on issues that are not politically important, they tend to discourage such differences on politically prominent issues. This study advances the literature on both gender politics and authoritarian politics.

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Long-term impacts of parliamentary gender quotas in a single-party system: Symbolic co-option or delayed integration?

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

Women's Work: The Gendered Nature of Appointment Politics in Subnational China

Women's Work: The Gendered Nature of Appointment Politics in Subnational China

Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments

Gender Differences in Policy Preferences of Legislators: Evidence from China’s National Legislature

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