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dc.contributor.authorSpark, C
dc.contributor.authorCox, J
dc.contributor.authorCorbett, J
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-13T12:30:57Z
dc.date.available2019-07-13T12:30:57Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0143-6597
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01436597.2019.1604132
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/386159
dc.description.abstractIncreasing women’s representation in national legislatures has become a priority for international organisations and aid donors in recent decades. Existing studies emphasise structural barriers, whether economic, cultural or religious, that inhibit women’s participation in the public sphere. Little attention is paid to women who defy these barriers to win election in contexts that are hostile to their presence. This article addresses this gap. Using a Bourdieusian approach, it shows how three senior women leaders from the Pacific Islands translate symbolic capital into political capital. For donors and would-be reformers, the lesson is that institutional interventions must be implemented in ways which allow women’s symbolic capital to be deployed as political capital, or which enhance women’s control of various forms of capital. This message is particularly relevant for those interested in the capacity of quotas and other temporary measures to translate descriptive representation into substantive developmental gains.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1227
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1245
dc.relation.ispartofissue7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThird World Quarterly
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleGender, political representation and symbolic capital: how some women politicians succeed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorCorbett, Jack


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