Christina Xydias
Biographic Data
| ID | 1250583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Xydias |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Xydias |
| SIGNATURE | XYDIAS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bucknell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2518-5908 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Parties, Gender, and Attitudes Toward Parenthood and Politics in Germany
When most of the world’s parliaments were created, women could not vote or be elected. Correspondingly, parliaments’ rules and infrastructure as well expectations of parliamentarians’ (MPs) performance were designed around masculine standards, including the assumption that MPs had no caretaking responsibilities. Scholars seeking explanations for women’s underrepresentation argue that parliaments remain unwelcoming to those with caretaking roles. …
The Racialization of Sexism: Men, Women, and Gender in the Populist Radical Right. By Francesca Scrinzi. New York: Routledge, 2024. 214p
Response to Francesca Scrinzi’s Review of Beyond Left, Right, and Center
Rethinking descriptive representation in the 2019–20 US Democratic primary debates
Advocacy for historically marginalized groups is often attributed to officeholders who are viewed as group members themselves, called “descriptive representatives.” However, this account of political representation rarely includes whether the officeholder self-identifies as a group member. A burgeoning literature examines the significance of public figures’ self-presentation. This study splices public figures’ self-presentation into analyses of t…
Gender, family status, and parliamentary careers in the German Bundestag
This study tackles several important unanswered questions about gender, family status, and parliamentary representation. We use the case of the German Bundestag to explore gender gaps in family status among elected politicians and subsequently to ask whether and how parenthood affects MPs' advancement in their political careers. Using an original dataset of biographical details for German MPs from 1994 to 2017, we find gender gaps in both marital…
Why Theorizing and Measuring Shared Experience in Descriptive Representation Is “A Mess Worth Making
Jane Mansbridge’s (1999) “contingent ‘yes’” amplified a chorus of voices discussing the substantive and symbolic functions of historically marginalized groups’ presence in political office. In her essay, Mansbridge points to contexts of mistrust and uncrystallized interests as domains where presence enhances “adequate communication” and “innovative thinking” for these social groups (628). In this and many other accounts, the linchpin between desc…
This Was the One for Me
Next to the Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s nationalism and anti-immigrant attitudes, natalism and support for traditional gender roles are key components of the party's far right categorization. Women are not absent from parties like the AfD, though they support them at lower rates than men and at lower rates than they support other parties. In light of women's lower presence in far-right parties, how do women officeholders in the AfD explain th…
Citizens, Domestic Institutions, and International Organizations: Recent Financial Crises in Greece and Iceland
Attempts to repair a democratic deficit are typically undertaken at the level of government understood to have the deficit. However, this qualitative comparative study of Greece’s and Iceland’s recent financial crises illustrates that domestic institutional arrangements have the potential to amplify citizens’ voices at the international level, increasing the inclusive and participatory nature of decision making and thereby addressing some feature…
Discrepancies in Women’s Presence between European National Legislatures and the European Parliament: A Contextual Explanation
This study offers a contextual explanation for discrepancies in women’s rates of election between European national legislatures and the European Parliament (EP). Many European Union (EU) member states elect more women to the EP than to their national lower legislative houses. However, the margin of difference between women’s presence in the EP and these national legislatures varies widely across member states. Using data for the EU-27, the study…
Women's organizing and intersectional policy-making in comparative perspective: Evidence from Guatemala and Germany
Despite worldwide increases in the proportion of women in legislatures, advances in levels of democracy, and rising levels of economic and human development, the preferences and priorities of the most marginalized women are still typically neglected in public policy. We identify a type of substantive representation that we call intersectional policy-making, which addresses the specific sources of disadvantage that deter the social mobility and ev…
Women's Rights in Germany: Generations and Gender Quotas
Although previous research shows compellingly that female officeholders engage in advocacy for women, measured in a range of ways, at greater rates than their male colleagues, studies have also shown that the content of this advocacy is highly varied (Celis 2006; Chattopadhyay and Duflo 2004; Reingold 2000). Further, identifying the factors that shape which legislators engage in which kind of advocacy is more complex than merely distinguishing be…
Mapping the Language of Women's Interests: Sex and Party Affiliation in the Bundestag
This study maps the language that legislators use to define women's interests in the context of contemporary Germany. Using party groups' manifestos from the 2005 legislative elections and personal interviews with members of the 16th Bundestag (2005–9), the study compares female and male legislators within parties and female legislators across parties, with particular attention to how these interviewees' language cleaved to and from their party s…
Inviting More Women to the Party: Gender Quotas and Women's Substantive Representation in Germany
Four of the five major political parties in Germany have voluntarily adopted gender quotas of some kind, and these quotas have assisted in increasing the number of women in the Bundestag to nearly one-third of its membership. While their impact on women's descriptive representation (the presence of women in elected decision-making roles) is relatively clear, research is needed to assess whether this descriptive representation in fact links to wom…
Inviting More Women to the Party: Gender Quotas and Women's Substantive Representation in Germany
Four of the five major political parties in Germany have voluntarily adopted gender quotas of some kind, and these quotas have assisted in increasing the number of women in the Bundestag to nearly one-third of its membership. While their impact on women's descriptive representation (the presence of women in elected decision-making roles) is relatively clear, research is needed to assess whether this descriptive representation in fact links to wom…
Mapping the Language of Women's Interests: Sex and Party Affiliation in the Bundestag
This study maps the language that legislators use to define women's interests in the context of contemporary Germany. Using party groups' manifestos from the 2005 legislative elections and personal interviews with members of the 16th Bundestag (2005–9), the study compares female and male legislators within parties and female legislators across parties, with particular attention to how these interviewees' language cleaved to and from their party s…
Women's Rights in Germany: Generations and Gender Quotas
Although previous research shows compellingly that female officeholders engage in advocacy for women, measured in a range of ways, at greater rates than their male colleagues, studies have also shown that the content of this advocacy is highly varied (Celis 2006; Chattopadhyay and Duflo 2004; Reingold 2000). Further, identifying the factors that shape which legislators engage in which kind of advocacy is more complex than merely distinguishing be…
Discrepancies in Women’s Presence between European National Legislatures and the European Parliament: A Contextual Explanation
This study offers a contextual explanation for discrepancies in women’s rates of election between European national legislatures and the European Parliament (EP). Many European Union (EU) member states elect more women to the EP than to their national lower legislative houses. However, the margin of difference between women’s presence in the EP and these national legislatures varies widely across member states. Using data for the EU-27, the study…
Why Theorizing and Measuring Shared Experience in Descriptive Representation Is “A Mess Worth Making
Jane Mansbridge’s (1999) “contingent ‘yes’” amplified a chorus of voices discussing the substantive and symbolic functions of historically marginalized groups’ presence in political office. In her essay, Mansbridge points to contexts of mistrust and uncrystallized interests as domains where presence enhances “adequate communication” and “innovative thinking” for these social groups (628). In this and many other accounts, the linchpin between desc…
Gender, family status, and parliamentary careers in the German Bundestag
This study tackles several important unanswered questions about gender, family status, and parliamentary representation. We use the case of the German Bundestag to explore gender gaps in family status among elected politicians and subsequently to ask whether and how parenthood affects MPs' advancement in their political careers. Using an original dataset of biographical details for German MPs from 1994 to 2017, we find gender gaps in both marital…
This Was the One for Me
Next to the Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s nationalism and anti-immigrant attitudes, natalism and support for traditional gender roles are key components of the party's far right categorization. Women are not absent from parties like the AfD, though they support them at lower rates than men and at lower rates than they support other parties. In light of women's lower presence in far-right parties, how do women officeholders in the AfD explain th…
Citizens, Domestic Institutions, and International Organizations: Recent Financial Crises in Greece and Iceland
Attempts to repair a democratic deficit are typically undertaken at the level of government understood to have the deficit. However, this qualitative comparative study of Greece’s and Iceland’s recent financial crises illustrates that domestic institutional arrangements have the potential to amplify citizens’ voices at the international level, increasing the inclusive and participatory nature of decision making and thereby addressing some feature…
Women's organizing and intersectional policy-making in comparative perspective: Evidence from Guatemala and Germany
Despite worldwide increases in the proportion of women in legislatures, advances in levels of democracy, and rising levels of economic and human development, the preferences and priorities of the most marginalized women are still typically neglected in public policy. We identify a type of substantive representation that we call intersectional policy-making, which addresses the specific sources of disadvantage that deter the social mobility and ev…
Inviting More Women to the Party: Gender Quotas and Women's Substantive Representation in Germany
Four of the five major political parties in Germany have voluntarily adopted gender quotas of some kind, and these quotas have assisted in increasing the number of women in the Bundestag to nearly one-third of its membership. While their impact on women's descriptive representation (the presence of women in elected decision-making roles) is relatively clear, research is needed to assess whether this descriptive representation in fact links to wom…
Mapping the Language of Women's Interests: Sex and Party Affiliation in the Bundestag
This study maps the language that legislators use to define women's interests in the context of contemporary Germany. Using party groups' manifestos from the 2005 legislative elections and personal interviews with members of the 16th Bundestag (2005–9), the study compares female and male legislators within parties and female legislators across parties, with particular attention to how these interviewees' language cleaved to and from their party s…
Women's organizing and intersectional policy-making in comparative perspective: Evidence from Guatemala and Germany
Despite worldwide increases in the proportion of women in legislatures, advances in levels of democracy, and rising levels of economic and human development, the preferences and priorities of the most marginalized women are still typically neglected in public policy. We identify a type of substantive representation that we call intersectional policy-making, which addresses the specific sources of disadvantage that deter the social mobility and ev…
Women's Rights in Germany: Generations and Gender Quotas
Although previous research shows compellingly that female officeholders engage in advocacy for women, measured in a range of ways, at greater rates than their male colleagues, studies have also shown that the content of this advocacy is highly varied (Celis 2006; Chattopadhyay and Duflo 2004; Reingold 2000). Further, identifying the factors that shape which legislators engage in which kind of advocacy is more complex than merely distinguishing be…
Discrepancies in Women’s Presence between European National Legislatures and the European Parliament: A Contextual Explanation
This study offers a contextual explanation for discrepancies in women’s rates of election between European national legislatures and the European Parliament (EP). Many European Union (EU) member states elect more women to the EP than to their national lower legislative houses. However, the margin of difference between women’s presence in the EP and these national legislatures varies widely across member states. Using data for the EU-27, the study…
Citizens, Domestic Institutions, and International Organizations: Recent Financial Crises in Greece and Iceland
Attempts to repair a democratic deficit are typically undertaken at the level of government understood to have the deficit. However, this qualitative comparative study of Greece’s and Iceland’s recent financial crises illustrates that domestic institutional arrangements have the potential to amplify citizens’ voices at the international level, increasing the inclusive and participatory nature of decision making and thereby addressing some feature…
This Was the One for Me
Next to the Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s nationalism and anti-immigrant attitudes, natalism and support for traditional gender roles are key components of the party's far right categorization. Women are not absent from parties like the AfD, though they support them at lower rates than men and at lower rates than they support other parties. In light of women's lower presence in far-right parties, how do women officeholders in the AfD explain th…
Why Theorizing and Measuring Shared Experience in Descriptive Representation Is “A Mess Worth Making
Jane Mansbridge’s (1999) “contingent ‘yes’” amplified a chorus of voices discussing the substantive and symbolic functions of historically marginalized groups’ presence in political office. In her essay, Mansbridge points to contexts of mistrust and uncrystallized interests as domains where presence enhances “adequate communication” and “innovative thinking” for these social groups (628). In this and many other accounts, the linchpin between desc…
Rethinking descriptive representation in the 2019–20 US Democratic primary debates
Advocacy for historically marginalized groups is often attributed to officeholders who are viewed as group members themselves, called “descriptive representatives.” However, this account of political representation rarely includes whether the officeholder self-identifies as a group member. A burgeoning literature examines the significance of public figures’ self-presentation. This study splices public figures’ self-presentation into analyses of t…
Gender, family status, and parliamentary careers in the German Bundestag
This study tackles several important unanswered questions about gender, family status, and parliamentary representation. We use the case of the German Bundestag to explore gender gaps in family status among elected politicians and subsequently to ask whether and how parenthood affects MPs' advancement in their political careers. Using an original dataset of biographical details for German MPs from 1994 to 2017, we find gender gaps in both marital…
The Racialization of Sexism: Men, Women, and Gender in the Populist Radical Right. By Francesca Scrinzi. New York: Routledge, 2024. 214p
Response to Francesca Scrinzi’s Review of Beyond Left, Right, and Center
Parties, Gender, and Attitudes Toward Parenthood and Politics in Germany
When most of the world’s parliaments were created, women could not vote or be elected. Correspondingly, parliaments’ rules and infrastructure as well expectations of parliamentarians’ (MPs) performance were designed around masculine standards, including the assumption that MPs had no caretaking responsibilities. Scholars seeking explanations for women’s underrepresentation argue that parliaments remain unwelcoming to those with caretaking roles. …
Political science (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Representation (politics (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works)