The Importance of Gender Quotas in Patriarchal and Clientelistic Polities
The Case of Pakistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6408571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mariam Mufti (University of Waterloo, corresponding author), Farida Jalalzai (0000-0001-7857-0933, Virginia Tech) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-123 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1554477x.2021.1882826 |
| OpenAlex | W3130420248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 25 |
Has the Pakistani Parliament achieved its promised goal of normalizing women's political participation through the adoption of reserved seat quotas? Based on original surveys and interviews conducted with 95 women who have been elected to reserved and non-reserved seats in the Pakistani Parliament between 2002 and 2013, our findings demonstrate that women seldom successfully win non-reserved seats. Patriarchy remains a pervasive feature in Pakistan and limits women's access to patronage networks. Party elites tend to question women's perceived qualifications to successfully contest non-reserved seats. Exceptions to this general rule include women hailing from entrenched political families who can convince party leaders that they have the necessary resources to wage viable campaigns or serve as temporary placeholders of male relatives
Clientelism · CONTEST · Democracy · Parliament · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law
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| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |