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Gender quotas and public demand for increasing women's representation in politics: an analysis of 28 European countries

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Ciencias Socialeses
dc.contributor.authorFernández González, Juan Jesús
dc.contributor.authorValiente Fernández, Celia
dc.contributor.funderAgencia Estatal de Investigación (España)es
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-16T10:19:12Z
dc.date.available2022-03-16T10:19:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.description.abstractFemale representation in political decision-making positions is now a salient issue in public discussions throughout Europe. Understanding public attitudes towards a more balanced gender distribution in politics remains limited, however. Using a 2017 Eurobarometer, we focus on cross-national differences in public support for increased female participation in politics to address this limitation. Building on the policy feedbacks literature, we stress the role of gender quotas. We argue that quotas - as legislative devices usually adopted through elite-driven initiatives - stimulate support for stronger female representation. Ensuing debates on quotas raise individual awareness about the underrepresentation of women - informational effect - and, once adopted, give a clear signal that persistent gender imbalance is a social problem to be redressed - normative effect. Our empirical analysis supports this argument. Citizens in countries with gender quotas display stronger support for increased female participation in politics.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe project received financial support from the Spanish State Research Agency (project: RT2018-0988781-B-I00).en
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationFernández, J. J., & Valiente, C. (2021). Gender quotas and public demand for increasing women’s representation in politics: an analysis of 28 European countries. In European Political Science Review (Vol. 13, Issue 3, pp. 351–370). Cambridge University Press (CUP).en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773921000126
dc.identifier.issn1755-7739
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage351
dc.identifier.publicationissue3
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage370
dc.identifier.publicationtitleEuropean Political Science Reviewen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume13
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/34389
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000028927
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherEPSRen
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. RT2018-0988781-B-I00es
dc.relation.projectIDAT-2021
dc.rights© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of European Consortium for Political Research.en
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España*
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.ecienciaPolíticaes
dc.subject.otherAttitudesen
dc.subject.otherEuropeen
dc.subject.otherGenderen
dc.subject.otherPolitical representationen
dc.subject.otherQuotasen
dc.subject.otherWomenen
dc.titleGender quotas and public demand for increasing women's representation in politics: an analysis of 28 European countriesen
dc.typeresearch article*
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