No Backlash- How female representation through quotas enhances democratic legitimacy

• In Event: JSS 4
  In JSS Session: Gender Quota's and their Consequences JSS

Brief Overview

Does women's presence in politics enhance citizen's perception of democratic legitimacy? I rely on the natural experiment of random gender quota assignment in Delhi's Municipal Council and original data to provide answers.

Author

• Tanushree Goyal, Nuffield College, University of Oxford