71 research outputs found
Supplemental_materials_online_supp – Supplemental material for Political Gender Stereotypes in a List-PR System with a High Share of Women MPs: Competent Men versus Leftist Women?
No full textSupplemental material, Supplemental_materials_online_supp for Political Gender Stereotypes in a List-PR System with a High Share of Women MPs: Competent Men versus Leftist Women? by Robin Devroe and Bram Wauters in Political Research Quarterly</p
Party control, intra-party competition and the substantive focus of women's parliamentary questions: evidence from Belgium (replication data)
No full textReplication data for B. de Vet & R. Devroe, (2022). Party Control, Intraparty Competition, and the Substantive Focus of Women's Parliamentary Questions: Evidence from Belgium. Politics & Gender, 1-25. doi:10.1017/S1743923X21000490This work was supported by Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO); under Grant 12ZZ921N and Grant 12ZZ821N
Women's blame, men's merit? The effect of gender on voters' evaluation of ministers' governing performance
No full textResearch demonstrates how gender stereotypes affect voters' judgments of political candidates, resulting in a voter bias to the detriment of women candidates. However, little is known about how these stereotypes influence voters' judgments of women in executive office. In this study, we experimentally test the effect of ministers' gender on voters' evaluation of their governing performance in Flanders (Belgium). Given the gendered nature of perceptions of 'agency', we expect that voters are more likely to treat men as more responsible than women for changes that occur during their tenure. Our study finds that voters generally make no distinction between men and women ministers in the evaluation of their governing performance. However, women ministers' governing performance is evaluated less favorably for negative policy outcomes in masculine issues compared to negative policy outcomes in feminine issues. Taken together, these findings yield important insights into the biases women face against political leadership
A woman’s place? list position cues and its effect on voters’ perceptions of political candidates.
No full textThe prevalence of political gender stereotypes : an experimental research design focusing on Flanders
No full textHow to enhance the external validity of survey experiments? A discussion on the basis of a research design on political gender stereotypes in Flanders
No full textFrom gender roles to gendered politics? The impact of Flemish voters’ gender role conceptions on their perceptions of female candidates.
No full textA woman’s place? An experimental study on the interaction of gender and list-position cues in a system with gender quota
No full textThis research note focuses on the interaction of gender and list-position cues in preferential-list Proportional Representation (PR) systems in Flanders (Belgium). The list of candidates contains a number of heuristic cues that influence voters’ perceptions of a candidate’s competence. Flanders’s electoral setting, combining a flexible-list PR system with far-reaching quota regulations, provides a good case study for exploring this interaction. The results, based on an innovative survey experiment, highlight that the list position works the same way for women and men. Female head-of-list candidates do not enjoy additional advantages in terms of perceived competence. Since middle-of-list women do not suffer from reduced esteem, these results also contradict the concerns voiced by quota opponents that the use of electoral gender quotas will generate the perception among voters that parties select less-qualified candidates to meet the quota standards
Stereotypes, who to blame? Exploring individual-level determinants of Flemish voters’ political gender stereotypes
No full textThe descriptive underrepresentation of women: an experimental research design focusing on the existence of political gender stereotypes in Flanders
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