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Intersectional institutions
- Source :
- Party Politics. 22:620-630
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2016.
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Abstract
- The political representation of women and ethnic minorities has received growing attention among political parties around the world. Focusing on the British case, we map data and debates concerning the selection of female and minority candidates, highlighting the simultaneous and interactive role of gender and race in shaping citizens’ opportunities to stand for and win election. Utilizing data from the Labour Party, our analysis illustrates the implications of distinct strategies to include members of politically marginalized groups—as well as provides evidence for the potential of “tandem quotas” to result in positive outcomes for minority women. Taken together, these findings suggest the need for stronger measures on the part of Labour to encourage the selection of minority candidates; a shift from “single-axis” to “multiple-axis” thinking when devising strategies to enhance group representation; and rejection of a “zero-sum” mentality regarding the nomination of female and minority candidates.
- Subjects :
- 021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Politics
Sociology and Political Science
Law
Political science
05 social sciences
050602 political science & public administration
0211 other engineering and technologies
Ethnic group
Gender studies
02 engineering and technology
0506 political science
Representation (politics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14603683 and 13540688
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Party Politics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9ba80cad7ad3882332e9c06b4dcad341