Australian Parties, Not Voters, Drive Under-Representation of Women

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliamentary Affairs Pub Date : 2021-07-24 DOI:10.1093/PA/GSAB042

Ferran Martínez i Coma, D. McDonnell

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The Australian House of Representatives contains far fewer women than men. But is this because parties of left and right discriminate against women or because voters do? Using a new dataset comprising 7271 House candidates from 2001 to 2019, firstly, we find that the percentage of women candidates is increasing, but is consistently higher for parties of the left than the right. Secondly, women tend to be selected more by parties of both left and right in unsafe seats. Thirdly, all else being equal, voters reward women running for Labor with over 1400 votes more, are neutral towards those of the Liberals and Greens, but tend to penalise women standing for the Nationals. We conclude that, overall, it is parties, not voters, driving under-representation of women in Australia’s lower house.

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澳大利亚政党，而非选民，在女性代表性不足的情况下

澳大利亚众议院的女性人数远远少于男性。但这是因为左翼和右翼政党歧视女性，还是因为选民歧视女性？使用一个包含2001年至2019年7271名众议院候选人的新数据集，首先，我们发现女性候选人的比例正在增加，但左翼政党的比例始终高于右翼政党。其次，女性往往更多地被左翼和右翼政党选在不安全的席位上。第三，在其他条件相同的情况下，选民奖励竞选工党的女性多获得1400多张选票，对自由党和绿党持中立态度，但倾向于惩罚代表国民党的女性。我们得出的结论是，总体而言，在澳大利亚下议院，女性代表性不足的原因是政党，而不是选民。

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Parliamentary Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.00

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： Parliamentary Affairs is an established, peer-reviewed academic quarterly covering all the aspects of government and politics directly or indirectly connected with Parliament and parliamentary systems in Britain and throughout the world. The journal is published in partnership with the Hansard Society. The Society was created to promote parliamentary democracy throughout the world, a theme which is reflected in the pages of Parliamentary Affairs.