Gender and Political Representation in Asia

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This panel brings together a diverse group of scholars analyzing how gender affects various forms of political representation and participation of women in Asia. Which factors affect a gender gap in political participation, and to what extent does women’s descriptive participation lead to the substantive representation of women? Moving beyond the existing focus on electing women, how does the disgraceful exit of women leaders, such as impeachment, impact the symbolic representation of women? Papers on this panel answer these theoretically important questions by focusing on multiple political institutions (presidency, parliament, and political parties) and a range of country contexts in the region (Singapore, India, and South Korea), using a combination of methodological strategies including interviews, surveys, content analysis, and in-depth historical analysis.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 31: Women and Politics Research

Cosponsor

• DIVISION 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• Gender Gaps in Political Participation in Asia - Shan-Jan Sarah Liu, University of Edinburgh

• The Marriage Effect: Influence of Marital Status of Female Candidates - Bhumi Purohit, University of California, Berkeley

• Inconsistent Allies: Women’s Issues, Feminism and Religious Nationalism in India - Rina Verma Williams, University of Cincinnati

• The Impeachment of Park Geun-Hye and Symbolic Representation of Women in Korea - Young-Im Lee, California State University-Sacramento; Timothy S. Rich, Western Kentucky University; Andi Dahmer

Chair

• Ki-Young Shin Ochanomizu University

Discussants

• Tiffany D. Barnes University of Kentucky

• Devin K. Joshi Singapore Management University