POLSCI 3V03 Lecture 2: Introduction

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 3V03
• Professor: Karen Bird

Document Summary

Explain causes of outcomes: account for different trends, allows us to vary and control certain factors. Formally women have the right to vote, however in the last election women were informally prevented from voting in many cases. Men urged to keep women at home and not allow them to vote. Women faced violence if they attempted to vote. Pakistan was 1st country in the world to implement gender quotas in. Ensured that there was a fixed proportion of women in parliament. Today, 3 categories of seats in 342 seat pakistani parliament.