Week 4 Readings

Critical mass

________: when women reach a certain percentage of a legislature, they will be better able to pursue their policy priorities.

Gender quotas

________: legislation of party rules that require a certain percentage of candidates to be women.

Incompetence

________ of the masses: less education, general sophistication, less time to participate in party /union meetings.

Democracy

________: conflict of organized groups competing for support.

Oligarchy

________: the control of a society or an organization by those at the top.

restrictive

Over-deterministic: Michels saw only the ______ side of bureaucracy

Missionaries

________: provided the moral and ideological rationale.

Culture

________: beliefs + attitudes influence the supply and demand for female candidates.

Charismatic leaders

________: they can break through the inherent conservatism of organization and excite the masses to support great things.

concentration

Increased bureaucracy= _____ of power at the top + less power for members.

Supply-side factors

________: increase the number of women with the will and experience to compete against men for political office.

Democracy

________: women are less well represented in democratic systems.

dependency

Goal of colonialism = reduce women to a condition of _______ on their male relatives.

Cultural

_____ barriers to women's use of their political rights: family resistance + illiteracy

Electoral system

PR systems = women do better

Culture

beliefs + attitudes influence the supply and demand for female candidates

Gender quotas

legislation of party rules that require a certain percentage of candidates to be women

Critical mass

when women reach a certain percentage of a legislature, they will be better able to pursue their policy priorities

State

provided legal authority

Missionaries

provided the moral and ideological rationale

Oligarchy

the control of a society or an organization by those at the top

Charismatic leaders

they can break through the inherent conservatism of organization and excite the masses to support great things

Power

capacity to mobilize resources of the society for the attainment of goals for which a general public commitment has been made