Investigating the ambitions of young women to run for national parliament : the case of Australia
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Ghazarian, Zareh, Woodbridge, Laura, Laughland-Booy, Jacqueline and Skrbis, Zlatko. (2023). Investigating the ambitions of young women to run for national parliament : the case of Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science. 58(4), pp. 461-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2023.2269866
Authors | Ghazarian, Zareh, Woodbridge, Laura, Laughland-Booy, Jacqueline and Skrbis, Zlatko |
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Abstract | Like many liberal democracies, there is a gender gap in the Australian Parliament. While there has been growing momentum to increase the number of female parliamentarians in the national legislature, the Parliament of Australia continues to be a male dominated domain. This paper investigates the factors that contribute to maintaining the gender gap by focusing on the ambitions of young women to become a member of the national parliament. We find that the appeal of becoming a parliamentarian for young women is significantly curtailed by beliefs that the institution maintains stereotypical gender norms as well as a masculine, and misogynistic, culture. Furthermore, we find that young women believe they lack the skills and confidence required to occupy public office which further diminishes their political ambition. |
Keywords | Australian politics; gender; politics; political ambition; young people; Parliament of Australia; women; political leadership |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Political Science |
Journal citation | 58 (4), pp. 461-476 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1036-1146 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2023.2269866 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2023.2269866 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 461-476 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 25 Oct 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 09 Oct 2023 |
Deposited | 18 Mar 2024 |
Additional information | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90485/investigating-the-ambitions-of-young-women-to-run-for-national-parliament-the-case-of-australia
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