Making Gender Salient

From Gender Quota Laws to Policy

Ana Catalano Weeks

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Cambridge University Press
21 December 2023

Gender studies, gender groups; Politics & government; Comparative politics

Series: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics

Do gender quota laws – policies that mandate women's inclusion on parties' candidate slates – affect policy outcomes? Making Gender Salient tackles this crucial question by offering a new theory to understand when and how gender quota laws impact policy. Drawing on cross-national data from high-income democracies and a mixed-methods research design, the book argues that quotas lead to policy change for issues characterized by a gender gap in preferences, especially if these issues deviate from the usual left/right party policy divide. The book focuses on one such issue, work-family policies, and finds that quotas shift work-family policies in the direction of gender equality. Substantive chapters show that quotas make gender more salient by giving women louder voices within parties, providing access to powerful ministerial roles, and encouraging male party leaders to compete on previously marginalized issues. The book concludes that quotas are one important way of facilitating congruence between women's policy preferences and actual policy outcomes.

By: Ana Catalano Weeks
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009158442
ISBN 10: 1009158449
Series: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics
Pages: 267
Publication Date: 21 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. When Do Quotas Matter? A Theory of the Representation of Cross-Cutting Interests; 3. What Do Women Want? Gender Gaps in Preferences; 4. The First Stage of Policy Change: The Effects of Quotas on Party Priorities; 5. The Effects of Gender Quota Laws on Work–Family Policies; 6. How Gender Quota Laws Change Work–Family Policies; 7. Conclusion.

Ana Catalano Weeks is an Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics, Languages, & International Studies at the University of Bath.