POLS 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Capital, Alexa Mcdonough, Diane Ablonczy
19 Jan 2016
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Lesley byrne (2010) argues that in this case, women worked for women and substantively represented their policy interests (pay equity, child care, etc) Parliamentary government was not changed by the women"s presence, but they did network when they could (ex in the bathroom) Byrne concludes that electing women (under favourable governments-- ndp was open to women"s issues) can have positive effect on policy-- especially if they make it to cabinet. Bashevkin (2010) argues that based on the evidence, political opportunities and context is more important in predicting women"s success than individual attributes. Compare the success levels of 10 women candidates for federal party leadership-- only 3 were successful in winning the leadership races: audrey mclaughlin, kim campbell, alexa mcdonough. Bashevkin finds that the most important factor was the level of party competitiveness-- for all three successful women leaders, their parties were not expected to win the upcoming election.
