Symbolic empowerment and female heads of states and government: a global, multilevel analysis
Symbolic empowerment and female heads of states and government: a global, multilevel analysis
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象征性赋权与女性国家元首和政府首脑：全球多层次分析
DOI：
10.1080/21565503.2018.1441034
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发表时间：
2020
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Farida Jalalzai
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Amy C. Alexander;Farida Jalalzai
摘要 本文探讨了女性国家元首或政府首脑的存在是否与增强象征性赋权有关。我们通过衡量对女性领导人的支持以及女性和男性公民政治参与的增加来评估这一点。根据涵盖 2010 年至 2014 年的最新民意数据，我们假设女性高管通过积极塑造人们对女性参政的看法并提高她们的政治参与水平来提供象征性的赋权。为了评估我们的假设，我们使用多层次模型来解释 40 多个国家/地区的 62,000 名个人的舆论变化。结果在很大程度上支持了我们的假设，加强了我们对文献的呼吁，将分析范围扩大到女性在国家立法机构中的存在之外。
ABSTRACT This article examines whether the presence of a woman head of state or government is associated with enhanced symbolic empowerment. We assess this through gauging support for female leaders and increased political engagement among citizens, both women and men. Working with the most recent public opinion data available, covering the years from 2010 through 2014, we hypothesize that female executives offer symbolic empowerment through positively shaping people’s views about women in politics and increasing their levels of political engagement. To evaluate our hypotheses, we use multilevel models to explain the variation in public opinion across 62,000 individuals nested in over 40 countries. The results largely support our hypothesis, strengthening our call for the literature to expand analysis beyond women’s presence in national legislatures.