Explaining women’s civic and political participation the role解释妇女的公民和政治参与的作用.pptVIP

Only efficacty * * * Political interest I discuss social and political issues with friends and acquaintances I bring political and social issues into discussions with others I am interested in politics Political attentiveness I follow what is going on in politics by reading articles in newspapers or magazines I watch television programmes or listen to radio broadcasts that deal with political issues I pay attention to information on the internet that is about politics * * Explaining women’s civic and political participation: the role of political, social and psychological factors. ? Maria Fernandes-Jesus, Norberto Ribeiro, Carla Malafaia, Joaquim Coimbra, Elvira Cicognani Isabel Menezes. Paper presented at the Surrey PIDOP Conference on “Political and Civic Participation”, April 16th-17th, 2012, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Concerns about women participation Gap gender – different levels of participation or different forms of be engaged? (Andersen, 1997; Burns 2007; Paxton, Kunhovich Hughes, 2007) A political need - women from different cultures and background need to be included in public and private arenas (Lister et. al, 2007) Creating models of participation under the assumption that participation is influenced by several factors and dimensions. The sample The data was collected by the Portuguese team of PIDOP Forms of participation Levels of participation Levels of participation Portuguese Angolans Brazilian Total Conventional CPP Male Female Female Male Female Male PT BRA ANG Participation on the net Male = Female Female Male Female Male BRA PT ANG Civil disobedience Male Female Female Male Female Male PT BRA ANG Economic participation Female Male Female Male Female Male PT BRA ANG Vote in elections Female Male Female Male Male Female BRA PT ANG In general: - Reduction of the gender gap in terms of levels of participation… - Inversion of the gap gender on the minority groups… but… Gender ≠s on