Browsing Department of Comparative Politics by Author "Peters, Yvette"
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Affirmative action measures and electoral candidates’ positioning in Zambia
Wang, Vibeke; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Peters, Yvette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While the increase of women in elected office has received much scholarly attention, less attention has been paid to the dynamics of resisting gender quotas in countries that fail to adopt such measures despite regional ... -
The Legitimacy of Representation: How Descriptive, Formal, and Responsiveness Representation Affect the Acceptability of Political Decisions
Peters, Yvette; Arnesen, Sveinung (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)We examine how descriptive representation, formal representation, and responsiveness affect the legitimacy of political decisions: Who are the representatives, how are they selected, what is the outcome of the decision-making ... -
Social policy responsiveness in multilevel contexts: How vertical diffusion of competences affects the opinion-policy link
Peters, Yvette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Do multilevel structures of governance affect representation? This study examines how regionalization and globalization are related to social policy responsiveness. It has been argued that the interests of nonpopular actors, ... -
Where you sit is where you stand: education-based descriptive representation and perceptions of democratic quality
Mayne, Quinton; Peters, Yvette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Scholars of descriptive representation have paid growing attention to the issue of class. This article contributes to this line of research by examining the educational (mis)match of elected officials and the citizens they ...