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International Politics and the Spread of Quotas for Women in Legislatures

International organization, 2011-01, Vol.65 (1), p.103-137 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The IO Foundation 2011 ;2011 The IO Foundation ;ISSN: 0020-8183 ;EISSN: 1531-5088 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0020818310000287 ;CODEN: IOCMFZ

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Title:
International Politics and the Spread of Quotas for Women in Legislatures
Author: Bush, Sarah Sunn
Subjects: Afghanistan ; Bargaining power ; Case studies ; Cold War ; Democracy ; Democracy promotion ; Democratization ; Developing countries ; Equality ; Event History Analysis ; Females ; Foreign aid ; Gender equality ; Gender equity ; Ideological influences ; International agreements ; International cooperation ; International politics ; International relations ; LDCs ; Legal research ; Legislative Bodies ; Legislatures ; Legitimacy ; Liberalization ; Peace keeping ; Peace negotiations ; Political activism ; Political commitments ; Political influences ; Political parties ; Political representation ; Post-conflict reconstruction ; Quota systems ; Quotas ; Sex ; Sex equality ; Transnationalism ; Women ; Women and politics ; Women's status
Is Part Of: International organization, 2011-01, Vol.65 (1), p.103-137
Description: Quotas to promote women's representation in the world's legislatures have spread to more than one hundred countries. The diffusion of gender quotas poses a puzzle since they have often been adopted in countries where women have low status. International influence and inducements best explain quota adoption in developing countries. Promoting gender equality, including through gender quotas, has become a key part of international democracy promotion. The international legitimacy of gender quotas leads them to be adopted through two causal pathways: directly, through postconflict peace operations, and indirectly, by encouraging countries, especially those that depend on foreign aid, to signal their commitment to democracy by adopting quotas. An event history analysis, which controls for other relevant factors, shows that the hypothesized relationships exist. Further support comes from a process-tracing analysis of Afghanistan's 2004 quota.
Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0020-8183
EISSN: 1531-5088
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818310000287
CODEN: IOCMFZ
Source: ProQuest Central

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International Politics and the Spread of Quotas for Women in Legislatures

Copyright © The IO Foundation 2011 ;2011 The IO Foundation ;ISSN: 0020-8183 ;EISSN: 1531-5088 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0020818310000287 ;CODEN: IOCMFZ

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