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How perceptions and information about women’s descriptive representation affect support for positive action measures
- Source :
- International Political Science Review
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- Based on the German Longitudinal Election Study (2016), we explain citizens’ support for measures to increase women’s descriptive representation in parliament. Despite women’s underrepresentation, we find little support for positive action measures, and in particular for legal gender quotas. Binary logit analyses show that support for the introduction of positive action measures is not affected by citizens’ perceptions about the share of female members of parliament. However, experimental data reveal that receiving information about women’s actual proportion in parliament has an impact on citizens’ support for gender quotas, in particular among those who overestimate women’s representation. Once they learn that the actual share is lower than they thought, they are more likely to support the introduction of quotas. This indicates that support for positive action measures can be changed through providing the correct information.
- Subjects :
- parliament
Sociology and Political Science
perception
Public opinion
Positive action
German
quota
050602 political science & public administration
Frau
Political science
health care economics and organizations
media_common
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
05 social sciences
Parlament
humanities
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
proportion of women
0506 political science
woman
language
ddc:300
Psychology
Social psychology
Parliament
Politikwissenschaft
media_common.quotation_subject
Federal Republic of Germany
Affect (psychology)
050105 experimental psychology
Representation (politics)
descriptive representation
information-providing experimental design, positive action measures
Langfrist-Online-Tracking T34 (GLES) (ZA5734 v1.0.0)
Perception
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Wahrnehmung
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
information policy
business.industry
Quote
language.human_language
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Frauenanteil
ddc:320
öffentliche Meinung
public opinion
Political Science and International Relations
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Informationspolitik
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1460373X and 01925121
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Political Science Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....884c91aa8618281d885732f61e72661d