Bühlmann, Marc; Schädel, Lisa (2012). Representation Matters: The Impact of Descriptive Women's Representation on the Political Involvement of Women. Representation - the journal of representative democracy, 48(1), pp. 101-114. Routledge 10.1080/00344893.2012.653246
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In a cross-country comparison of 33 European countries, we tested whether a high degree of female representation attenuates the assumed negative impact of gender on political involvement. Our multilevel analyses show positive interactive effects of female representation: the degree to which the representation of women in a given country's national parliament was descriptively adequate was positively related to women's ratings of the importance of politics and self-reported political interest. With respect to political participation, the findings are mixed.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bühlmann, Marc, Schädel Stojanovic, Lisa |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science |
ISSN: |
0034-4893 |
Publisher: |
Routledge |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Andrea Stettler |
Date Deposited: |
10 Apr 2014 10:26 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:33 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/00344893.2012.653246 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.50836 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/50836 |
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