Research on Women in Legislatures

Swers, Michele L.

doi:10.1300/j014v23n01_10

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“…Swers (2001:178) has called for more research into the ways female legislators incorporate women's interests into policy debates on issues not obviously women's issues. Our findings suggest that research on issues that are recognized as gendered (e.g., arts policy) but are not traditionally defined as women's issues is another area for further exploration.…”

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Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts^*

Boles

Scheurer

2007

Social Science Quarterly

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Research on the impact of female legislators has found that in their voting records women in elective office tend to be more liberal and more supportive of issues of concern to women, children, and families than are men, differences that conform to gender stereotypes held by voters. This article examines another well-established gender stereotype that is not linked to the traditional concerns of women as conventionally defined by scholars: that women in public office will be more supportive of the arts. Copyright (c) 2007 Southwestern Social Science Association.

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Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts^*

Boles

Scheurer

2007

Social Science Quarterly

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“…Studies examining gender differences in legislation show that women MPs view themselves as representatives of women, since they report carrying a responsibility or a moral duty to bring women's issues to the legislative agenda, and it is usually they who raise such issues in legislation (Ayata and Tütüncü 2008a; Bird 2005; Catalano 2009; Mansbridge 1999; Swers 2001). Some studies indicate that women MPs prioritize women's issues and interests in legislative agenda setting and initiate more bills in these areas than men do, demonstrating the connection between women MPs’ views of themselves and their role as women parliamentarians (Schwindt-Bayer 2006; Swers 2005).…”

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“…In addition, constituency interests, party affiliation, and committee membership may guide women MPs to act on their preferences. As in the U.S. Congress, women MPs’ issue priorities follow their women constituents’ concerns and interests (Swers 2001). Bill initiation in areas of education, children and family, and women's and general health is predicted by women MPs’ committee positions in relevant committees as well as their ideology (Swers 2005).…”

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Who Represents Women in Turkey? An Analysis of Gender Difference in Private Bill Sponsorship in the 2011–15 Turkish Parliament

Bektas

Issever-Ekinci

2018

Pol & Gen

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In this study, we examine substantive representation of women in the 2011–15 Turkish Parliament by focusing on sponsorship of private members’ bills by members of parliament (MPs) across eight major issue areas. The Turkish case offers new insights into women's representation, not only because this topic is unexplored in the Turkish context but also because it provides an opportunity to examine the tension between gender as a social identity and ideology as a political identity in a legislature characterized by disciplined political parties and low gender parity. Findings indicate that women MPs in Turkey substantively represent women by sponsoring more bills on women's rights and equality issues than their male colleagues, despite their low numbers in parliament and affiliation with highly disciplined parties. Party ideology also shapes women MPs’ issue priorities depending on the emphasis placed by the parties on different issue areas. Whereas left-wing women MPs sponsor more bills on women's rights and equality issues defined with a feminist accent, right-wing women MPs sponsor more bills on issues regarding children and family. Left-wing women also differ significantly from right-wing women in their sponsorship of bills on health and social affairs issues, as left-wing parties prioritize those issues more than right-wing parties.

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Modelling the asymmetric impact of economic growth and poverty on gender inequality: Evidence from India using nonlinear ARDL analysis

Wani,

Haseen,

Khanday

2024

Journal of Public Affairs

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The study is based on the premise that economic growth (henceforth EG) and poverty impact men and women differently. As a result, shocks to these variables cannot be expected to have a symmetric impact on gender inequality (henceforth GI). Rather, positive and negative shocks in poverty and EG impact men and women asymmetrically which necessitates the study of their relationship using an asymmetric rather than a symmetric approach. This study is the first to utilise nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) analysis and asymmetric cumulative dynamic multipliers to investigate the asymmetric impact of EG and poverty on GI in India using annual data over the period 1995–2021. Additionally, we construct a comprehensive index of GI, using principle component analysis (PCA), which is a maiden attempt to account reported crime against women, in addition to gender disparities in health, education, labour market and parliamentary representation. The results report that positive shocks in EG reduce GI and negative shocks increase it. However, negative shocks increase GI more than positive shocks decrease it justifying the asymmetry. With respect to the asymmetric impact of poverty on GI, the study finds that both positive and negative shocks in poverty increase GI, however, the positive shock in poverty has a larger impact than the negative one. This is in consonance with the literature on intrahousehold gender disparities in consumption. The study finds new evidence that EG and poverty reduction favours men more than women and recommends its inclusion in policy formulation.

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Research on Women in Legislatures

Cited by 36 publications

References 75 publications

Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts^*

Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts^*

Who Represents Women in Turkey? An Analysis of Gender Difference in Private Bill Sponsorship in the 2011–15 Turkish Parliament

Modelling the asymmetric impact of economic growth and poverty on gender inequality: Evidence from India using nonlinear ARDL analysis

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Research on Women in Legislatures

Cited by 36 publications

References 75 publications

Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts*

Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts*

Who Represents Women in Turkey? An Analysis of Gender Difference in Private Bill Sponsorship in the 2011–15 Turkish Parliament

Modelling the asymmetric impact of economic growth and poverty on gender inequality: Evidence from India using nonlinear ARDL analysis

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Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts^*

Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts^*