TY - JOUR
T1 - Speaking as a Woman
T2 - Descriptive Presentation and Representation in Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly
AU - Hinojosa, Magda
AU - Carle, Jill
AU - Woodall, Gina Serignese
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/10/2
Y1 - 2018/10/2
N2 - Using a content analysis of all floor speeches from 2001 to 2007, this article systematically analyzes how female and male legislators in the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly descriptively represent their constituents. Female legislators can descriptively represent women by “speaking as” women by using words or phrases that invoke their own gender. This form of descriptive representation is referred to as descriptive presentation. The analysis finds significant differences in how men and women and representatives of parties of the left and right undertake descriptive presentation. Female legislators also “speak as” women even when they are not discussing women’s issues.
AB - Using a content analysis of all floor speeches from 2001 to 2007, this article systematically analyzes how female and male legislators in the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly descriptively represent their constituents. Female legislators can descriptively represent women by “speaking as” women by using words or phrases that invoke their own gender. This form of descriptive representation is referred to as descriptive presentation. The analysis finds significant differences in how men and women and representatives of parties of the left and right undertake descriptive presentation. Female legislators also “speak as” women even when they are not discussing women’s issues.
KW - Costa Rica
KW - Descriptive representation
KW - gender equality
KW - political communication
KW - substantive representation
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U2 - 10.1080/1554477X.2018.1506204
DO - 10.1080/1554477X.2018.1506204
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057341634
SN - 1554-477X
VL - 39
SP - 407
EP - 429
JO - Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
JF - Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
IS - 4
ER -