dc.contributor.author | TRANTIDIS, Aris | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-30T14:11:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-30T14:11:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Representation : journal of representative democracy, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 149-161 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0034-4893 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1749-4001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/50908 | |
dc.description | Published online: 28 Feb 2017 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Is age a suitable case for electoral quotas on the same grounds invoked for women in politics? If affirmative action should not be arbitrarily applied to a few social groups, we must specify the conditions that could serve as a benchmark which a group must pass in order to qualify for its application. Drawing from the literature on women in politics, this article sets up empirical indicators to examine the political under-representation of younger and older age groups: whether the age-related pattern of political under-representation is linked to stereotypes and bias that negatively affect its engagement in politics, and whether these age groups face special issues that give them a unique perspective, which only those who directly experience them can fully advocate in decision-making fora. Affirmative action raises questions about the boundaries of identity, the limits of politics as a vehicle for social change and the meaning of electoral choice. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Representation : journal of representative democracy | en |
dc.title | Is age a case for electoral quotas? : applying a benchmark for affirmative action in politics | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00344893.2017.1291446 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 52 | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 149 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 161 | en |
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dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en |