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How perceptions and information about women’s descriptive representation affect support for positive action measures
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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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
quota; Federal Republic of Germany; public opinion; parliament; proportion of women; woman; perception; information policy
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
descriptive representation; information-providing experimental design, positive action measures; Langfrist-Online-Tracking T34 (GLES) (ZA5734 v1.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1-18
Journal
International Political Science Review (2021)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512121995748
ISSN
1460-373X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed