Understanding The Political Representation of Men: A Novel Approach to Making Politics More Inclusive

了解男性的政治代表性：使政治更具包容性的新方法

• 批准号: EP/Z000246/1
• 负责人: Rainbow Murray
• 金额: $ 221.82万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2025
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2025 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FZ000246%2F1
• 关键词: Understanding; Political; Representation; Men; Novel

MENSREP breaks new ground theoretically and empirically as the first study to examine the political representation of men. Male dominance in politics fosters complacency about men's representation, yet male politicians are less diverse than their female counterparts on measures such as race and class. This matters, because men have distinctive gendered needs that intersect with their other traits. For example, education and health outcomes are gendered in ways that vary between different groups of men. The interests of elite male politicians are not the same as those of other men, resulting in policies that disserve many men. Cultures of masculinity in politics hinder discussion of sensitive topics and also motivate elite men to preserve their dominance at the expense of women and disadvantaged men. MENSREP argues that more diversity in politics - both between the sexes and within them - can improve representational outcomes for men and women. Building on my pioneering work in this area, it looks at how men are represented, by whom, and to what effect. It identifies the "critical actors" who make claims on behalf of men, and explores linkages between politicians and men's movements. It develops a new theoretical framework for examining the ideology of critical actors, the groups they are targeting, and their end goals. The framework helps us to distinguish between representation that is aligned with or hostile to feminism, that is inclusive of diverse men or narrow in its focus, and that seeks to be transformative or to defend the status quo. MENSREP uses mixed methods, including quantitative analysis of whether more diverse legislatures produce better outcomes for men; network analysis of the relationships between politicians and men's movements; interviews; and content analysis of parliamentary debates. MENSREP opens up a whole newresearch field, offers a much-needed counter-narrative to extremist movements, and has the potential to address major policy problems.

Mensrep在理论上和经验上打破了新的基础，作为研究男人的政治表现的第一个研究。男性在政治中的统治地位促进了男性代表的自满，但男性政客的多样性不如女性对种族和阶级等措施的多样化。这很重要，因为男人有与其他特征相交的独特性别需求。例如，教育和健康成果的性别是不同的男性群体之间不同的。精英男性政客的利益与其他男人的利益不同，导致政策剥夺了许多男人。政治中男性气质的文化阻碍了人们对敏感话题的讨论，并激励精英男人以牺牲妇女和处境不利的男人为代价来维护其统治地位。 Mensrep认为，在性别和内部之间，政治上更多的多样性都可以改善男女的代表性结果。在我在这一领域的开创性工作的基础上，它着眼于男人的代表，由谁和效果。它确定了代表男人主张的“批判性行为者”，并探讨了政客与男子运动之间的联系。它开发了一个新的理论框架，用于研究关键参与者的意识形态，他们所针对的群体以及他们的最终目标。该框架有助于我们区分与女权主义一致或敌对的代表性，包括女权主义，其中包括多元化的人或狭窄的重点，并试图具有变革性或捍卫现状。 Mensrep使用混合方法，包括对更多多样化立法机关是否为男性产生更好的结果的定量分析；政治家与男子运动之间关系的网络分析；访谈；以及议会辩论的内容分析。 Mensrep打开了一个全新的研究领域，为极端主义运动提供了急需的反叙事，并有可能解决重大政策问题。