Quotas as Opportunities and Obstacles

Revisiting Gender Quotas in India

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ID6354084
AuthorsBrian Turnbull (0000-0001-5353-2316, University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume17
Issue2
Pages324-348
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics & Gender (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1743-923X • E-ISSN: 1743-9248
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1743923x19000722
OpenAlexW2982571872
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited21

This article addresses the empirical uncertainty regarding whether gender quotas establish a foundation of political representation and experience that encourages female candidates to compete against men. It updates and expands existing empirical research by contributing an analysis of the most recent electoral data across four municipal corporations in India over two election cycles. Critical questions on the theoretical expectation that gender quotas should encourage and enable women politicians to compete in open-gender contests over time are considered. The Indian quota system has not encouraged women to broadly compete outside the quota at the local level but has made some wards more likely to elect women. Parties also continue to resist nominating women outside the quota but are more likely to do so in wards previously represented by a woman. Finally, the unique overlap of gender and community quotas can discourage incumbency by essentially blocking incumbents from running again in their ward due to shifting community requirements

Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Foundation (evidence · Gender equality · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law

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