dc.contributor.author | Wahman, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Frantzeskakis, Nikolaos | |
dc.contributor.author | Yildirim, Tevfik Murat | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-22T08:51:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-22T08:51:55Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-02-26T23:11:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wahman, M., Frantzeskakis, N., & Yildirim, T. M. (2021). From thin to thick representation: how a female president shapes female parliamentary behavior. American Political Science Review, 115(2), 360-378. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-0554 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3053008 | |
dc.description.abstract | How does the symbolic power of a female president affect female parliamentary behavior? Whereas female descriptive representation has increased around the world, women parliamentarians still face significant discrimination and stereotyping, inhibiting their ability to have a real voice and offer “thick” representation to women voters. We leverage the case of Malawi, a case where the presidency changed hands from a man to a woman through a truly exogenous shock, to study the effect of a female president on female parliamentary behavior. Drawing on unique parliamentary transcripts data, we argue and show that women MPs under a female president become empowered and less confined to stereotypical gendered issue-ownership patterns, leading to a significant increase in female MP speech making. Our results directly address theories of symbolic representation by focusing particularly on intraelite role-model effects. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | From Thin to Thick Representation: How a Female President Shapes Female Parliamentary Behavior | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | The authors | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | American Political Science Review | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S000305542100006X | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1894191 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |