Women's descriptive representation in deliberation interacts with decision rule rather than uniformly increasing voice and authority¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Increasing women's descriptive representation raises voice and authority only under majority rule with many women, not uniformly across decision rules. → Christopher F. Karpowitz 2012

Evidence¶

Christopher F. Karpowitz 2012¶

Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg, and Lee Shaker. (2012). Gender Inequality in Deliberative Participation. American Political Science Review, Volume 106, Issue 3, pp. 533-547. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055412000329

q3 · i? · causal · r?

The experimental study addresses whether "increasing women's descriptive representation in deliberation" increases voice and authority, and answers that the effect depends on the interaction with decision rule rather than holding uniformly. No effect size is printed in the available text.

"Does increasing women's descriptive representation in deliberation increase their voice and authority? We answer these questions and move beyond the debate by hypothesizing that the group's gender composition interacts with its decision rule"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Deliberation produces a substantial gender gap in voice and authority — related
• The gender gap in deliberation disappears under unanimous rule with few women or majority rule with many women — related