Match decision rule to gender composition when convening deliberative groups¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

This implementable recipe follows from the article's interaction finding: when few women participate, use unanimous rule; when many women participate, majority rule preserves their voice and authority. The article reports the gender gap "disappears under unanimous rule and few women, or under majority rule and many women", so conveners can select the rule that fits the group they expect.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Conveners must be able to choose the decision rule and anticipate the group's gender composition

Constraints¶

• Derived from experimental deliberation groups as reported in the article

Target Learners¶

• adult citizens in deliberative forums

Target Learning Goals¶

• equal voice and authority in group decision making

Claims¶

• Deliberation produces a substantial gender gap in voice and authority [+W]
• Women's descriptive representation in deliberation interacts with decision rule rather than uniformly increasing voice and authority [+W]
• The gender gap in deliberation disappears under unanimous rule with few women or majority rule with many women [+W]

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• 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