{"title":"The Importance of Gender Quotas in Patriarchal and Clientelistic Polities: The Case of Pakistan","authors":"M. Mufti, Farida Jalalzai","doi":"10.1080/1554477X.2021.1882826","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Has the Pakistani Parliament achieved its promised goal of normalizing women’s political participation through the adoption of reserved seat quotas? Based on original surveys and interviews conducted with 95 women who have been elected to reserved and non-reserved seats in the Pakistani Parliament between 2002 and 2013, our findings demonstrate that women seldom successfully win non-reserved seats. Patriarchy remains a pervasive feature in Pakistan and limits women’s access to patronage networks. Party elites tend to question women’s perceived qualifications to successfully contest non-reserved seats. Exceptions to this general rule include women hailing from entrenched political families who can convince party leaders that they have the necessary resources to wage viable campaigns or serve as temporary placeholders of male relatives.","PeriodicalId":46116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women Politics & Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1554477X.2021.1882826","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Women Politics & Policy","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2021.1882826","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Has the Pakistani Parliament achieved its promised goal of normalizing women’s political participation through the adoption of reserved seat quotas? Based on original surveys and interviews conducted with 95 women who have been elected to reserved and non-reserved seats in the Pakistani Parliament between 2002 and 2013, our findings demonstrate that women seldom successfully win non-reserved seats. Patriarchy remains a pervasive feature in Pakistan and limits women’s access to patronage networks. Party elites tend to question women’s perceived qualifications to successfully contest non-reserved seats. Exceptions to this general rule include women hailing from entrenched political families who can convince party leaders that they have the necessary resources to wage viable campaigns or serve as temporary placeholders of male relatives.
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The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.
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