Limited Democracy? The Impact of Democratization on Women’s Political Participation

• In Event: Inclusion and Symbolic Representation for Women and Other Marginalized Groups

Brief Overview

Using the World Values Survey, this paper investigates the effect of democracy on various forms of women’s political participation in 40 countries. It shows that democratic experiences lead to higher conventional political action of women.

Authors

• Sarah Liu, University of Edinburgh

• Wonjun Song, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus