Inequality in Congruence: Gender Gap and Electoral Rules
A number of studies on political representation focus on the comparative assessments of citizen ideological congruence. But this literature has largely overlooked an important topic: the representation of social groups. While present studies of congruence investigate whether some countries perform b...
Gespeichert in:
Veröffentlicht in: | Politička misao 2015-08, Vol.52 (4/5), p.124 |
---|---|
1. Verfasser: | |
Format: | Artikel |
Sprache: | eng |
Schlagworte: | |
Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
container_end_page | |
---|---|
container_issue | 4/5 |
container_start_page | 124 |
container_title | Politička misao |
container_volume | 52 |
creator | Sirinic, Daniela |
description | A number of studies on political representation focus on the comparative assessments of citizen ideological congruence. But this literature has largely overlooked an important topic: the representation of social groups. While present studies of congruence investigate whether some countries perform better than others in terms of the levels of median citizen congruence, they cannot say much about the extent to which political elites give adequate concern to every group of citizens in the representative process. In this paper I introduce the concept and measure of inequality in congruence and demonstrate its properties by comparing gender groups. I also ask whether virtues of proportional electoral arrangements endure when we consider group differences in ideological representation. Empirical tests that were conducted on data from 88 legislative elections in 33 countries strongly suggest that gender inequality in congruence is in fact considerably smaller in countries with majoritarian arrangements. |
format | Article |
fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>proquest</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1798417683</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>4095573581</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-p183t-daa39ce2900265d55c8014f3259f7d5929d4317a6b72d829a6bbec898f1634b33</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNotjVFLwzAURoM4sM79h4DPhSY3aW58kzLrYDAQfR5pcysbIe2S9sF_b0GfvnNeznfHCoGqLtFIcc-KqgJZglTigT3mfF0VldYFw0Ok2-LCZf7hl8ibMX6nhWJPL7yl6Cnx1k3cRc_3gfp5TC7wjyVQfmKbwYVMu__dsq-3_WfzXh5P7aF5PZaTQJhL7xzYnqStKllrr3WPlVADSG0H47WV1isQxtWdkR6lXaGjHi0OogbVAWzZ8193SuNtoTyfr-OS4np5FsaiEqZGgF-_zEIR</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1798417683</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Inequality in Congruence: Gender Gap and Electoral Rules</title><source>Worldwide Political Science Abstracts</source><source>EBSCOhost Political Science Complete</source><creator>Sirinic, Daniela</creator><creatorcontrib>Sirinic, Daniela</creatorcontrib><description>A number of studies on political representation focus on the comparative assessments of citizen ideological congruence. But this literature has largely overlooked an important topic: the representation of social groups. While present studies of congruence investigate whether some countries perform better than others in terms of the levels of median citizen congruence, they cannot say much about the extent to which political elites give adequate concern to every group of citizens in the representative process. In this paper I introduce the concept and measure of inequality in congruence and demonstrate its properties by comparing gender groups. I also ask whether virtues of proportional electoral arrangements endure when we consider group differences in ideological representation. Empirical tests that were conducted on data from 88 legislative elections in 33 countries strongly suggest that gender inequality in congruence is in fact considerably smaller in countries with majoritarian arrangements.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0032-3241</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1846-8721</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Zagreb: Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Politckih Znanosti</publisher><subject>Citizens ; Elections ; Electoral College ; Inequality ; Political elites ; Political representation ; Property ; Rules and practice ; Sex ; Sexual inequality ; Social groups ; Verba, Sidney</subject><ispartof>Politička misao, 2015-08, Vol.52 (4/5), p.124</ispartof><rights>Copyright Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Politckih Znanosti 2015</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,12845</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Sirinic, Daniela</creatorcontrib><title>Inequality in Congruence: Gender Gap and Electoral Rules</title><title>Politička misao</title><description>A number of studies on political representation focus on the comparative assessments of citizen ideological congruence. But this literature has largely overlooked an important topic: the representation of social groups. While present studies of congruence investigate whether some countries perform better than others in terms of the levels of median citizen congruence, they cannot say much about the extent to which political elites give adequate concern to every group of citizens in the representative process. In this paper I introduce the concept and measure of inequality in congruence and demonstrate its properties by comparing gender groups. I also ask whether virtues of proportional electoral arrangements endure when we consider group differences in ideological representation. Empirical tests that were conducted on data from 88 legislative elections in 33 countries strongly suggest that gender inequality in congruence is in fact considerably smaller in countries with majoritarian arrangements.</description><subject>Citizens</subject><subject>Elections</subject><subject>Electoral College</subject><subject>Inequality</subject><subject>Political elites</subject><subject>Political representation</subject><subject>Property</subject><subject>Rules and practice</subject><subject>Sex</subject><subject>Sexual inequality</subject><subject>Social groups</subject><subject>Verba, Sidney</subject><issn>0032-3241</issn><issn>1846-8721</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2015</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>7UB</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><recordid>eNotjVFLwzAURoM4sM79h4DPhSY3aW58kzLrYDAQfR5pcysbIe2S9sF_b0GfvnNeznfHCoGqLtFIcc-KqgJZglTigT3mfF0VldYFw0Ok2-LCZf7hl8ibMX6nhWJPL7yl6Cnx1k3cRc_3gfp5TC7wjyVQfmKbwYVMu__dsq-3_WfzXh5P7aF5PZaTQJhL7xzYnqStKllrr3WPlVADSG0H47WV1isQxtWdkR6lXaGjHi0OogbVAWzZ8193SuNtoTyfr-OS4np5FsaiEqZGgF-_zEIR</recordid><startdate>20150810</startdate><enddate>20150810</enddate><creator>Sirinic, Daniela</creator><general>Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Politckih Znanosti</general><scope>0-V</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7UB</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>8BJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ALSLI</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BYOGL</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DPSOV</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FQK</scope><scope>JBE</scope><scope>KC-</scope><scope>M2L</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20150810</creationdate><title>Inequality in Congruence: Gender Gap and Electoral Rules</title><author>Sirinic, Daniela</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-p183t-daa39ce2900265d55c8014f3259f7d5929d4317a6b72d829a6bbec898f1634b33</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2015</creationdate><topic>Citizens</topic><topic>Elections</topic><topic>Electoral College</topic><topic>Inequality</topic><topic>Political elites</topic><topic>Political representation</topic><topic>Property</topic><topic>Rules and practice</topic><topic>Sex</topic><topic>Sexual inequality</topic><topic>Social groups</topic><topic>Verba, Sidney</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Sirinic, Daniela</creatorcontrib><collection>ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Worldwide Political Science Abstracts</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>Social Science Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>East Europe, Central Europe Database</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>Politics Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>ProQuest Politics Collection</collection><collection>Political Science Database</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><jtitle>Politička misao</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Sirinic, Daniela</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Inequality in Congruence: Gender Gap and Electoral Rules</atitle><jtitle>Politička misao</jtitle><date>2015-08-10</date><risdate>2015</risdate><volume>52</volume><issue>4/5</issue><spage>124</spage><pages>124-</pages><issn>0032-3241</issn><eissn>1846-8721</eissn><abstract>A number of studies on political representation focus on the comparative assessments of citizen ideological congruence. But this literature has largely overlooked an important topic: the representation of social groups. While present studies of congruence investigate whether some countries perform better than others in terms of the levels of median citizen congruence, they cannot say much about the extent to which political elites give adequate concern to every group of citizens in the representative process. In this paper I introduce the concept and measure of inequality in congruence and demonstrate its properties by comparing gender groups. I also ask whether virtues of proportional electoral arrangements endure when we consider group differences in ideological representation. Empirical tests that were conducted on data from 88 legislative elections in 33 countries strongly suggest that gender inequality in congruence is in fact considerably smaller in countries with majoritarian arrangements.</abstract><cop>Zagreb</cop><pub>Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Politckih Znanosti</pub></addata></record> |
fulltext | fulltext |
identifier | ISSN: 0032-3241 |
ispartof | Politička misao, 2015-08, Vol.52 (4/5), p.124 |
issn | 0032-3241 1846-8721 |
language | eng |
recordid | cdi_proquest_journals_1798417683 |
source | Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; EBSCOhost Political Science Complete |
subjects | Citizens Elections Electoral College Inequality Political elites Political representation Property Rules and practice Sex Sexual inequality Social groups Verba, Sidney |
title | Inequality in Congruence: Gender Gap and Electoral Rules |
url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2024-12-25T02%3A42%3A54IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Inequality%20in%20Congruence:%20Gender%20Gap%20and%20Electoral%20Rules&rft.jtitle=Politi%C4%8Dka%20misao&rft.au=Sirinic,%20Daniela&rft.date=2015-08-10&rft.volume=52&rft.issue=4/5&rft.spage=124&rft.pages=124-&rft.issn=0032-3241&rft.eissn=1846-8721&rft_id=info:doi/&rft_dat=%3Cproquest%3E4095573581%3C/proquest%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1798417683&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true |