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Quota Problems: Combating the Dangers of Essentialism

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Author	Mansbridge, Jane
Copyright Year	2005
Description	As I write, descriptive representation by gender improves substantive outcomes for women in every polity for which we have a measure. And as I write, significant representation by gender cannot be achieved in any existing polity without some form of quota. At this historical moment, therefore, quotas play an important democratic role in increasing gender equality. Yet because quotas potentially produce institutional rigidity and their need should decrease as structural and cultural conditions improve, it is best to institute them in their most flexible form. Because quotas also encourage essentialism, it is best to institute them in conjunction with major efforts to define in nonessentialist ways the reasons for their institution. Although quotas will inevitably increase essentialist beliefs, a conscious, concerted campaign could mitigate the most destructive effects of this tendency.Many thanks to Lisa Baldez for help in editing these thoughts. Comments welcome: jane_mansbridge@harvard.edu.
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Ending Page	638
Page Count	17
Starting Page	622
ISSN	1743923X
e-ISSN	17439248
DOI	10.1017/s1743923x05220196
Journal	Politics & Gender
Issue Number	04
Volume Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2005-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Politics & Gender Womens Studies Representation By Gender Major Efforts Substantive Outcomes
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Gender Studies

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