How perceptions and information about women’s descriptive representation affect support for positive action measures

Coffé, Hilde; Reiser, Marion

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dc.contributor.author	Coffé, Hilde	de
dc.contributor.author	Reiser, Marion	de
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-11T13:04:32Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-11T13:04:32Z
dc.date.issued	2021	de
dc.identifier.issn	1460-373X	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/79154
dc.description.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.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	descriptive representation; information-providing experimental design, positive action measures; Langfrist-Online-Tracking T34 (GLES) (ZA5734 v1.0.0)	de
dc.title	How perceptions and information about women’s descriptive representation affect support for positive action measures	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	International Political Science Review
dc.publisher.country	USA	de
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.classoz	Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Quote	de
dc.subject.thesoz	quota	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject.thesoz	öffentliche Meinung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	public opinion	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Parlament	de
dc.subject.thesoz	parliament	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Frauenanteil	de
dc.subject.thesoz	proportion of women	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Frau	de
dc.subject.thesoz	woman	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahrnehmung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	perception	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Informationspolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	information policy	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-79154-1
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	FDB	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	1-18	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512121995748	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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