Gender and institutions moderate the relationship between conditional cash transfers and political participation

IF 1.8 3区 社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Neil S. Williams
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Abstract Background In the last 25 years, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become popular assistance policies across Latin America, Africa, and Asia for combating poverty and building human capital. Despite some success in reaching these goals, questions remain about the wider political effects of CCTs on individuals and communities, especially when considering gendered relationships and the institutions in the countries where CCTs are in place. Objective I investigate the relationship between cash transfers and political participation, while also considering the importance of moderating forces such as gender, program enforcement, and compulsory voting. Methods I use data from AmericasBarometer sourced from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and a series of multilevel models to examine the association between CCTs and a wide set of participatory indicators. Results I show CCTs to be robustly associated with higher levels of participation broadly conceived. Results also demonstrate gender and institutional features such as enforced conditions and compulsory voting can attenuate the positive effects of transfers, depending on the form of participation considered. Conclusion Overall, CCTs tend to be strongly associated with political participation. However, CCTs may also reinforce gendered norms of political participation and engagement. Furthermore, the potentially negative associations regarding the enforcement of program conditions are valuable to consider when evaluating the downstream, democratic potential of cash transfer programs.
性别和制度调节了有条件现金转移与政治参与之间的关系
背景在过去的25年里,有条件现金转移(CCT)项目已经成为拉丁美洲、非洲和亚洲消除贫困和建立人力资本的普遍援助政策。尽管在实现这些目标方面取得了一些成功,但有条件现金援助对个人和社区的更广泛政治影响仍然存在问题,特别是在考虑到有条件现金援助实施国家的性别关系和制度时。目的:研究现金转移与政治参与之间的关系,同时考虑性别、项目执行和强制投票等调节力量的重要性。方法:我使用来自拉丁美洲民意项目(LAPOP)的AmericasBarometer数据和一系列多层次模型来检验有条件现金转移支付与一系列广泛的参与性指标之间的关联。结果1表明,有条件现金转移治疗与广泛的高水平参与密切相关。结果还表明,性别和体制特征,如强制条件和强制投票,会削弱转移的积极影响,这取决于所考虑的参与形式。总体而言,有条件现金援助倾向于与政治参与密切相关。然而,有条件现金援助也可能加强政治参与和参与的性别规范。此外,在评估现金转移支付项目的下游民主潜力时,有关项目条件执行的潜在负面关联值得考虑。
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3.40
自引率
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期刊介绍: Nationally recognized as one of the top journals in the field, Social Science Quarterly (SSQ) publishes current research on a broad range of topics including political science, sociology, economics, history, social work, geography, international studies, and women"s studies. SSQ is the journal of the Southwestern Social Science Association.
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