Women’s Political Engagement Under Quota-Mandated Female Representation
@article{Clayton2015WomensPE, title={Women’s Political Engagement Under Quota-Mandated Female Representation}, author={A. Clayton}, journal={Comparative Political Studies}, year={2015}, volume={48}, pages={333 - 369} }
Do affirmative action measures for women in politics change the way constituents view and interact with their female representatives? A subnational randomized policy experiment in Lesotho with single-member districts reserved for female community councilors provides causal evidence to this question. Using survey data, I find that having a quota-mandated female representative either has no effect on or actually reduces several dimensions of women’s self-reported engagement with local politics… CONTINUE READING
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