Published In
American Political Science Review
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2012
Subjects
Equality, Decision making -- Quantitative studies, Sex discrimination, Political participation -- Sex differences
Abstract
Can men and women have equal levels of voice and authority in deliberation or does deliberation exacerbate gender inequality? Does increasing women's descriptive representation in deliberation increase their voice and authority? We answer these questions and move beyond the debate by hypothesizing that the group's gender composition interacts with its decision rule to exacerbate or erase the inequalities. We test this hypothesis and various alternatives, using experimental data with many groups and links between individuals' attitudes and speech. We find a substantial gender gap in voice and authority, but as hypothesized, it disappears under unanimous rule and few women, or under majority rule and many women. Deliberative design can avoid inequality by fitting institutional procedure to the social context of the situation.
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2012
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DOI
10.1017/S0003055412000329
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10042
Citation Details
Karpowitz, C. F., Mendelberg, T., & Shaker, L. (2012). Gender Inequality in Deliberative Participation. American Political Science Review, 106(3), 533-547.
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