Final exam Flashcards
(23 cards)
Money and Politics
- money, lobbying, and policymaking
- fundraising and contributions
- money to run campaigns
- gender pay gap and impact on political participation
Single member district
district magnitude of 1 (only one person represents an electoral district)
multimember district
multiple people represent an electoral district (2+, sometimes 50)
Party Magnitude
number of seats a party tends to win in an electoral district
closed party list
parties produce an order list of candidates that can not be changed by votes
open party list
voters can influence the order of the candidates
quotas
- requires political parties to include a certain percentage of women on their candidate lists for election
- gender quotas have been adopted in over 100 countries
perceived seats
- only women can compare for these seats
- often perceived as posts focused on women issues
- often also increases women voter turnout
Intimate Partner violence (IPV)
- any physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm caused by a current or former partner
Homosociality
social bonds and networks among individuals of the same gender, particularly men, that reinforce power dynamics and perpetuate patriarchal systems
Femincide
refers to the gender based killings of women, often at the hands of intimate partners, family members, or as a result of system misogyny
femincidal state
a term that critiques the states role in inabling or ignoring the systemic killing of women, especially marginalized women through violence, neglect, and impunity
carceral feminism
A type of feminist approach that seeks to enlist the criminal legal system and increase prison punishment to deal with gender based violence
Limitations of Carceral feminism
- Police violence
- Mass incarceration and its consequences
- Intersectionality and differentiated vulnerabilities
- Fails to address some of the root causes of gender-based violence and its normalization
Nude activism
- involves women using nudity as a form of political protest to make powerful statements about oppression, violence, bodily autonomy
- forces attention to neglected issues like gender violence or state repression
- being nude allows them to have control over their bodies
- highlights the vulnerability of women’s bodies
Women peace and security agenda (WPS)
- WPS is a policy framework that recognizes that women must be critical actors in all efforts to achieve sustainable international peace and security
- Promotes a gendered perspective and women’s equal and meaningful participation in peace processes, peace building and security
WPS 4 key Pillars
- participation
- protection
- prevention
- relief and recovery
National Action Plan
- are country specific plans that outline how states will implement the wps agenda
- increases women participation in peace progress
- integrating gender perspectives in military and humanitarian operations
- monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess progress
Essentialism
Assumes women have inherent qualities (e.g., nurturing, peace-oriented) that make them suited for certain roles like peacekeeping.
Non-essentialism
Rejects gender stereotypes and focuses on equal opportunities for all individuals, recognizing diversity among women.
Plurality - majority systems
- family of systems that ask voters to vote for just a single person to represent them
Proportional representations
- ask voters to vote for a list of candidates to represent them –> @ polls chose a party to vote for
mixed electoral system
- combine both pr voting and plurality voting (typically side by side on the ballot)
