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Women Mobilizing Women: Candidates' Strategies for Winning the Presidency

Mujeres movilizando mujeres: estrategias de candidatos para ganar la Presidencia
[journal article]

Reyes-Housholder, Catherine

Abstract

Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant theories on campaigning tend to ignore gender. In addressing this lacuna, this article argues that the widespread belief that women are better at mobilizing women means that female candidates tend to in... view more

Latin America has elected more female presidents than any other region in the world, yet dominant theories on campaigning tend to ignore gender. In addressing this lacuna, this article argues that the widespread belief that women are better at mobilizing women means that female candidates tend to invest more significant effort into cultivating a core constituency of women on the basis of gender identity. In contrast, male candidates tend to delegate women-mobilization tasks to female surrogates. An analysis of approximately 1,000 newspaper articles reveals that the “most different” female candidates in Chile and Brazil consistently met with female voters early in their campaigns, evoked gender identities and promised pro-women change. The “most different” male candidates enlisted their wives and female politicians to target women, defend their pro-women promises, and deflect accusations of sexism. The theory illuminates multiple ways in which viable female candidates’ entry into the political arena can improve women’s representation.... view less


América Latina ha elegido a más mujeres presidentas que cualquier otra región en el mundo, sin embargo, las teorías dominantes sobre las campañas tienden a ignorar el género. Al abordar esta brecha en la literatura, este artículo argumenta que la creencia generalizada de que las mujeres son mejores ... view more

América Latina ha elegido a más mujeres presidentas que cualquier otra región en el mundo, sin embargo, las teorías dominantes sobre las campañas tienden a ignorar el género. Al abordar esta brecha en la literatura, este artículo argumenta que la creencia generalizada de que las mujeres son mejores para movilizar a las mujeres hace que las candidatas mujeres tiendan a invertir esfuerzos más significativos en cultivar una base electoral de mujeres votantes sobre la base de la identidad de género. Por el contrario, los candidatos hombres tienden a delegar en mujeres sustitutas las tareas de movilización de mujeres. Un análisis de aproximadamente 1,000 artículos de diarios revela que las candidatas más diferentes en Chile y Brasil se reunieron consistentemente con votantes mujeres al principio de sus campañas, evocaron identidades de género y prometieron cambios pro-mujer. Los candidatos hombres más diferentes alistaron a sus esposas y mujeres políticas para atacar a las candidatas mujeres, defender sus promesas de mujeres y desviar las acusaciones de sexismo. La teoría ilumina las múltiples formas en que la entrada de mujeres candidatas viables en la arena política puede mejorar la representación de las mujeres ciudadanas.... view less

Keywords
Chile; Brazil; president; woman; election campaign; gender role; women's policy; mobilization; South America

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies

Free Keywords
female presidents

Document language
English

Publication Year
2018

Page/Pages
p. 69-97

Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 10 (2018) 1

ISSN
1868-4890

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0


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