Gender and Politics in Northeast Asia: Legislative Patterns and Substantive Representation in Korea and Taiwan

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/1554477X.2021.1888677

Jae-ryong Shim

引用次数: 4

Abstract

ABSTRACT The article examines the conditions under which female legislators are more likely to act on behalf of female electorates through two underexplored cases – South Korea and Taiwan. Specifically, it investigates the effect of three conditions – seat share, electoral rules, and legislator characteristics – on legislators’ sponsorship of women’s issue bills using an original bill submission dataset. The finding shows that, on the one hand, female legislators’ increasing seat proportion made legislators stress women’s issues more and, on the other hand, new legislators elected at the party tier with civil society experience became substantially more likely to advance women's issues. In light of the evidence, this article argues that women’s issues are more actively advanced when the political space allows women’s issue-promoting legislators to pursue both electoral and policy interests.

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东北亚的性别与政治：韩国与台湾的立法模式与实质代表

摘要本文通过韩国和台湾两个未充分探索的案例，探讨了女性立法委员更有可能代表女性选民行事的条件。具体而言，它使用原始法案提交数据集调查了三个条件——席位份额、选举规则和立法者特征——对立法者赞助妇女议题法案的影响。调查结果表明，一方面，女性立法者席位比例的增加使立法者更加强调妇女问题，另一方面，在具有民间社会经验的政党层面当选的新立法者更有可能推动妇女问题。鉴于这些证据，本文认为，当政治空间允许促进妇女问题的立法者同时追求选举和政策利益时，妇女问题会得到更积极的推进。

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期刊介绍： 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.