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Framing symbolic representation: exploring how women’s political presence shapes citizens’ political attitudes

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dc.contributor.authorVerge, Tània
dc.contributor.authorWiesehomeier, Nina
dc.contributor.authorEspírito Santo, Ana
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-03T15:16:44Z
dc.date.available2025-02-03T15:16:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-01
dc.description.abstractResearch on whether descriptive representation enhances the legitimacy of, closeness to and satisfaction with political institutions, as well as levels of political engagement, has produced mixed results. This may be caused by the empirical and methodological challenges underpinning this inquiry, like reverse causation and endogeneity. To overcome such constraints, we use a framing experiment embedded in nationally representative online surveys in Spain and Portugal. We show that symbolic effects on women’s political engagement and system evaluation are fundamentally driven by perceptions of a heightened gender balance in political institutions, even when barriers to access on equal terms or gendered portrayals of women politicians’ competency are presented to respondents. Male citizens also evaluate the system more positively with frames referencing a more level political field, even when women politicians are depicted as not sufficiently prepared. Raising awareness of gains made in women’s descriptive representation is thus instrumental to positive symbolic effects.
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dc.identifier.citationVerge, T., Wiesehomeier, N., & Espírito-Santo, A. (2020). Framing symbolic representation: exploring how women’s political presence shapes citizens’ political attitudes. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 3(2), 257-276. https://doi.org/10.1332/251510819X15698538164156
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1332/251510819X15698538164156
dc.identifier.issn2515-1096
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3513
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titleEuropean Journal of Politics and Gender (EJPG)
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final276
dc.page.initial257
dc.page.total20
dc.publisherBristol University Press
dc.relation.departmentComparative Politics
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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dc.titleFraming symbolic representation: exploring how women’s political presence shapes citizens’ political attitudes
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