Gender and Representation among Legislative Candidates in Australia

摘要: Some feminist theory suggests that women have different value priorities compared to men, which should lead political perspectives and behavior among candidates for elected office. By contrast, the of responsible party government predicts there be few gender-based differences in candidates, due discipline. Studies conducted United States elsewhere, however, consistently shown legislators are district-oriented, irrespective affiliation. In this article, authors apply multivariate analysis matched mass-elite survey data collected during 1987 Australian federal election analyze policy views male female compare them attitudes their constituents. For dominates attitudes, with much less influence constituency opinion little at all gender except on question advancement women. These findings somew...