From Thin to Thick Representation: How a Female President Shapes Female Parliamentary Behavior
| Autor: | Michael Wahman, Tevfik Murat Yildirim, Nikolaos Frantzeskakis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Presidency Sociology and Political Science Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 [VDP] 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Gender studies 02 engineering and technology Affect (psychology) 0506 political science Representation (politics) Power (social and political) Leverage (negotiation) Political science Political Science and International Relations Still face 050602 political science & public administration The Symbolic |
| Zdroj: | American Political Science Review |
| ISSN: | 1537-5943 0003-0554 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s000305542100006x |
| Popis: | How does the symbolic power of a female president affect female parliamentary behavior? Whereas female descriptive representation has increased around the world, women parliamentarians still face significant discrimination and stereotyping, inhibiting their ability to have a real voice and offer “thick” representation to women voters. We leverage the case of Malawi, a case where the presidency changed hands from a man to a woman through a truly exogenous shock, to study the effect of a female president on female parliamentary behavior. Drawing on unique parliamentary transcripts data, we argue and show that women MPs under a female president become empowered and less confined to stereotypical gendered issue-ownership patterns, leading to a significant increase in female MP speech making. Our results directly address theories of symbolic representation by focusing particularly on intraelite role-model effects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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