The Downside of Gender Quotas? Institutional Constraints on Women in Mexican State Legislatures

Zetterberg, Pär

doi:10.1093/pa/gsn016

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“…This corresponds to empirical findings from other studies about the effect of quotas on the types of women elected to legislatures (Dahlerup 2007;Murray 2010;Tripp, Konate, and Lowe-Morna 2006;Zetterberg 2008). In Mexico, Pär Zetterberg (2008) found no empirical evidence of tokenism.…”

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Women Who Win: Social Backgrounds, Paths to Power, and Political Ambition in Latin American Legislatures

Schwindt‐Bayer

2011

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Research on women in Latin American politics in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s showed that very few women ran for and won political office and that those who did often did not fit the mold of the typical legislator. Yet significant cultural, social, and political changes have occurred over the past 30 years, and few studies have reexamined the types of women who win political office in the region today. In this article, I examine the social backgrounds, paths to power, and political ambition of women and men elected to national legislatures in Argentina, Colombia, and Costa Rica. I argue that women and men are likely to be more similar than different, given the tight constraints imposed on legislative candidates in democratic elections, and empirically examine this hypothesis with data from an original survey of legislators conducted in 2001-2. I find that, indeed, women and men are quite similar on an array of characteristics. Women who win elected office in Latin America today do so by playing the traditional, male-defined, political game.

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“…In Mexico, Pär Zetterberg (2008) found no empirical evidence of tokenism. Women elected through quotas to subnational legislatures were no less experienced than women not elected via a quota, and both men and women benefit from tight ties to men in the party leadership.…”

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Women Who Win: Social Backgrounds, Paths to Power, and Political Ambition in Latin American Legislatures

Schwindt‐Bayer

2011

Pol & Gen

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“… Examples of quotas having strong numerical impact include countries such as Afghanistan, Argentina, and Rwanda (Dahlerup and Nordlund ; Franceschet and Piscopo ; Longman ). But other cases such as Brazil, France, Mexico, and Indonesia suggest that quotas can lead to small or even no immediate changes in representation for women (Miguel ; Murray ; Siregar ; Zetterberg ). For example, after a 50% quota was passed in France in 2000, women won only 19% of elected seats in the next National Assembly elections.…”

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The Increasing Effectiveness of National Gender Quotas, 1990–2010

Paxton

Hughes

2015

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National gender quotas—policies that require a certain percentage of women candidates or legislators—are becoming more effective over time. Using data on 145 countries from 1990 to 2010, we document this trend with latent growth‐curve models. Part of the explanation for increasing effectiveness is that countries have ratcheted up targets for women's inclusion and that quotas are increasingly written in ways that make them more effective at achieving stated goals. Activists, political elites, and policy makers have learned over time which quota policies are most effective, resulting in quotas with provisions that more often lead to success. But, changes in rules alone do not account for the increasing effectiveness of quotas over time. It appears that changing norms about women's incorporation in politics are also increasing quota effectiveness regardless of policy design.

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“…In the last two decades voluntary or legal measures have been approved in many democracies, although they have had variable outcomes (Dahlerup 2006;Jones 2005;Krook 2009;Zetterberg 2008). Overall, the proportion of female representatives is still low in many countries, including some with gender quotas, with the world average now standing at 22.3% (Inter-Parliamentary Union 2014).…”

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The Effectiveness of Quotas: Vertical and Horizontal Discrimination in Spain

Oñate¹

2014

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The Downside of Gender Quotas? Institutional Constraints on Women in Mexican State Legislatures

Cited by 71 publications

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Women Who Win: Social Backgrounds, Paths to Power, and Political Ambition in Latin American Legislatures

Women Who Win: Social Backgrounds, Paths to Power, and Political Ambition in Latin American Legislatures

The Increasing Effectiveness of National Gender Quotas, 1990–2010

The Effectiveness of Quotas: Vertical and Horizontal Discrimination in Spain

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