The Dynamic Relationship between Gender Quotas and Political Institutions

Zetterberg, Pär

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“…Countries with electoral gender quotas are more likely to see the emergence of women's legislative caucuses, which provide a platform for engaging with feminist civil society and driving legislative reforms on women's rights issues. Additionally, the implementation of gender quotas disrupts traditional networks and selection criteria that have historically favored men over women (Adams, Scherpereel, and Wylie 2019;Barnes 2012;Franceschet and Piscopo 2008;Zetterberg 2013).…”

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Backlash after Quotas: Moral Panic as a Soft Repression Tactic against Women Politicians

Shiran

2024

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Advocates of gender quotas emphasize their transformative potential for women’s political participation. Yet evidence on the symbolic effects of quotas remains inconclusive, with some studies uncovering significant backlash after implementation. Although elite resistance to quotas has been posited as an explanation, the underlying mechanisms generating negative effects remain underexplored. This study proposes the utilization of “moral panic” by elites as a mechanism of resistance. By leveraging their media influence and employing conservative moral rhetoric, elites engineer moral panic, framing women’s political engagement as detrimental to social order and gender hierarchies. Such panic aims to incite public opposition and rationalize elite resistance to progressive changes. Notably, this tactic is more prevalent in countries with reserved-seat quotas, where elites possess limited control over electoral outcomes. Using an original dataset encompassing politician names and genders, I analyze over 150,000 news articles from 2000 to 2021 across 10 sub-Saharan African countries. The findings indicate that quota-induced gains in women’s representation are followed by significant increases in conservative ethical language in news coverage of women politicians, particularly in countries with reserved-seat quotas. These findings bear important implications for gender equality in politics and shed light on the dynamics of backlash after quota implementation.

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Section: Transformative Effects Of Quotas and Backlashmentioning

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Backlash after Quotas: Moral Panic as a Soft Repression Tactic against Women Politicians

Shiran

2024

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“…if they do not give priority to "women's interests" (Miguel 2012). Thus, when there is a discrepancy between the political party's position on an issue and the position of female grass-roots activists, elected women may face a dilemma as to whether they should be loyal to the party or to women as a group (Zetterberg 2013). This is not a claim that all women always will be subjected to exactly the same internal and external pressure.…”

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The gendered leeway: male privilege, internal and external mandates, and gender-equality policy change

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Bjarnegård

Zetterberg

2016

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“…Las juezas y jueces electorales pueden atajar las prácticas que violentan las reglas, pero también las que no son ilegales y que los actores políticos ejercen, aceptan y legitiman cuando compiten en la arena política, muchas veces para no cumplir con lo que establecen las reglas formales para proteger los derechos de las mujeres (Brenes, 2012;Sobrado González, 2012. De esa manera, en algunas ocasiones el Estado se ha convertido en un aliado para lograr avances en los derechos que promuevan la igualdad de género, mientras que en otras puede ser uno de sus principales obstáculos (Zetterberg, 2013).…”

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Justicia electoral y representación política de las mujeres en México

Freidenberg

Gilas

2021

Rev. Estud. Polít.

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Este trabajo estudia una dimensión poco explorada en la política comparada neoinstitucionalista como es el papel de la justicia electoral en la protección de los derechos político-electorales. México es un excelente caso para profundizar sobre el modo en que las autoridades electorales jurisdiccionales transformaron el «régimen electoral de género» e incrementaron la representación política de las mujeres. A partir del análisis de las decisiones emitidas por el tribunal electoral entre 2006 y 2018 se identificaron 57 sentencias hito de un total de 9388 asuntos sobre protección a los derechos político-electorales de las mujeres. Este estudio analiza el modo en que las resoluciones electorales han fortalecido el diseño electoral de género, cubriendo lagunas normativas que los legisladores habían ignorado, así como también generando certezas a pesar de ciertas inconsistencias y criterios contradictorios. Frente a las resistencias partidistas, la justicia electoral resulta clave para el monitoreo e implementación efectiva de las medidas de acción afirmativa y/o el principio de paridad de género.

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The Dynamic Relationship between Gender Quotas and Political Institutions

Cited by 13 publications

References 10 publications

Backlash after Quotas: Moral Panic as a Soft Repression Tactic against Women Politicians

Backlash after Quotas: Moral Panic as a Soft Repression Tactic against Women Politicians

The gendered leeway: male privilege, internal and external mandates, and gender-equality policy change

Justicia electoral y representación política de las mujeres en México

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