Crossed my mind, but ruled it out
Political ambition and gender in the Pakistani Lawyers’ Movement 2007–2009
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6299558 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meg Rincker (0000-0002-6000-8253, Purdue University Northwest, corresponding author), Ghazia Aslam (George Mason University), Mujtaba Isani (0000-0002-7960-8056, University of Münster) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 246-263 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512116642219 |
| OpenAlex | W2415680815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
Exploration of gender and political ambition is a crucial endeavor in liberal democracies like the United States and in electoral democracies with unstable political rights and civil liberties. We use a mixed-methods approach to conduct a political ambition survey of participants in the 2007–2009 Pakistani Lawyers’ Movement. We tested eight hypotheses about gender and participation in the movement, whether participants considered running for office (nascent ambition), or have taken steps to run (expressive ambition). Contrary to US findings, among eligible males and females in Pakistan, our logit analysis shows that gender is not significant in explaining nascent ambition among men and women. Running for office has equally crossed women’s minds because of female executive role models and women’s reserved parliamentary seats. However, elite Pakistani women have lower levels of expressive ambition owing to higher costs women face when challenging informal norms about political participation
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |