Talking about my generation and class? Unpacking the descriptive representation of women in Asian parliaments

• Main Authors: JOSHI, Devin K., OCH, Malliga
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Women representation; parliament; Asia; Asian Studies; Political Science; Politics and Social Change
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1923
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Since women (like men) differ in their interests and perspectives, we argue, that studies of the descriptive representation of women in politics ought to consider not only how many women are elected, but also which segments of the female population are proportionally represented and under-represente...