POLS 280 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jeannette Rankin, Nordic Countries, Proportional Representation
18 Oct 2016
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Pols 280 week 3 economy, candidates, legislature. Substantive representation (week 3: focus: outcome, that is: ideology, policy, behaviour. Critical mass (week 3: the way presence is converted to influence in the form of a numerical threshold a minority must attain. Typically 30% of legislative seats: normalisation of women"s presence (cid:523)critical mass(cid:524) must be coupled with their willingness and ability. Women replacing recruited male factory workers in war industries. Temporary measure (cid:523)little to do with women"s rights(cid:524: seen as a necessity to remedy a shortage. Taboos against married women working meant single women hired first: not many single women available at this time. Political recruitment model: candidates undergo 3 selection processes. As eligibles they select themselves fit to run. As aspirants they are selected by parties. As candidates they are selected by votes: only after all three processes can they become legislators, problem zone in the model occur at eligible and aspirant levels.
