Do Ethnic Parties Exclude Women?

被引:26
作者
Holmsten, Stephanie S. [1 ]
Moser, Robert G. [1 ]
Slosar, Mary C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Govt, Austin, TX 78712 USA
关键词
women's representation; ethnic parties; intersectionality; electoral systems; ELECTORAL SYSTEMS; REPRESENTATION; LEGISLATURES; CANDIDATES; PARLIAMENT; ELECTION; QUOTAS;
D O I
10.1177/0010414009347831
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Do parties that represent ethnic minorities tend to exclude women? There are several reasons to think that this may be the case. First, the comparatively smaller size of ethnic parties could exclude women, especially under proportional representation. Second, the subcultures of many ethnic minorities are often more patriarchal than the majority culture, and thus parties representing such groups may include fewer women. Finally, an ideological fixation on ethnicity within ethnic parties may marginalize subminorities within the target group. Using a new cross-national data set, the authors examine the degree to which ethnic parties represent women, controlling for party size, electoral systems, gender quotas, ideology, and democratic development. Findings show that ethnic parties, particularly those appealing to a religious minority, tend to elect fewer women, but only under proportional representation electoral systems.
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页码:1179 / 1201
页数:23
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