Une séance dans le cadre du séminaire conjoint CERI - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée : Les sciences sociales en question : grandes controverses épistémologiques et méthodologiques
Measuring Support for Better Political Representation of Women and Minorities
Are opinion polls reliable?
Survey-embedded experiments tell us it depends on how the questions are framed, and how informed the public is about the issue.
Hilde Coffé and Marion Reiser use them to explore the support for measures increasing the political representation of women and ethnic minorities in Germany. Testing first what respondents know of the proportion of women and minorities in the Bundestag, then providing some with the correct information, some not, they show that political knowledge matters.
Speaker:
Hilde Coffé, University of Bath
Her main research interests include public opinion, political behaviour and political representation. She recently published “Taking the case of Germany. Political candidates’ attitudes towards group representation”, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 24(3), 2018, p. 272-297 (with Marion Reiser) and “Representing Diversity in Mixed Electoral Systems: The Case of New Zealand”, Parliamentary Affairs, 71 (3), 2018, p. 603–632 (with Fiona Barker)
Discussant:
Réjane Sénac, Sciences Po-Cevipof / CNRS
She studies equality policies, especially those promoting parity and diversity. She recently published the chapter "France: The Republic Tested by Parity » of the Palgrave Handbook of Women’s Political Rights (2019) and “Explaining Gender Gaps in Legislative Committees », Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 2018, 39(3), p.310-335 (with Rainbow Murray)
The session will be chaired by Nonna Mayer, Sciences Po-CEE / CNRS
Responsables scientifiques : Samy Cohen, Sciences Po-CERI et Nonna Mayer, Sciences Po-CEE / CNRS