Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]

The study of political participation has traditionally been considered as central to the analysis of political processes and, especially, of democratic political systems. Recent decades have witnessed growing demands for the empowerment of women and in political participation. Feminist theorists s...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Zaherawati, Noordin, Nazni, Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34048/
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Noordin, Nazni
Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
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Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
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description The study of political participation has traditionally been considered as central to the analysis of political processes and, especially, of democratic political systems. Recent decades have witnessed growing demands for the empowerment of women and in political participation. Feminist theorists suggest that the presence of women leaders facilitates the articulation of different perspectives on political issues, where elected representatives are not just ‘standing as’ women but also ‘acting for’ women as a group. There is no consensus around which is the most adequate level of citizen participation (men or women) in the government of the polity for a good functioning of democracy. Women as one of the key values of democratic polities, so that all major social cleavages have a voice in the policymaking process, whether the politically relevant groups are defined by gender, ethnicity, region, socioeconomic status, age, or education. Thus, this paper tries to explain that those women who can mobilize themselves are more likely participate in political activities such as involve in campaigning week, demonstration, voting and even as candidate in elections .
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spelling uitm-340482020-11-17T04:12:18Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34048/ Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.] Zakaria, Zaherawati Noordin, Nazni Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie JA Political science (General) Political rights. Political participation The study of political participation has traditionally been considered as central to the analysis of political processes and, especially, of democratic political systems. Recent decades have witnessed growing demands for the empowerment of women and in political participation. Feminist theorists suggest that the presence of women leaders facilitates the articulation of different perspectives on political issues, where elected representatives are not just ‘standing as’ women but also ‘acting for’ women as a group. There is no consensus around which is the most adequate level of citizen participation (men or women) in the government of the polity for a good functioning of democracy. Women as one of the key values of democratic polities, so that all major social cleavages have a voice in the policymaking process, whether the politically relevant groups are defined by gender, ethnicity, region, socioeconomic status, age, or education. Thus, this paper tries to explain that those women who can mobilize themselves are more likely participate in political activities such as involve in campaigning week, demonstration, voting and even as candidate in elections . 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34048/1/34048.pdf Zakaria, Zaherawati and Noordin, Nazni and Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie (2010) Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]. (2010) In: ICOPS 2010 : International Conference on Public Polices & Social Sciences : E-Proceedings, 26 to 27 May 2010, SP Inn Hotel, Sungai Petani Kedah, Malaysia.
spellingShingle JA Political science (General)
Political rights. Political participation
Zakaria, Zaherawati
Noordin, Nazni
Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]
title Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]
title_full Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]
title_fullStr Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]
title_short Political participation of women in elections: A brief analysis in political life / Zaherawati Zakaria...[et al.]
title_sort political participation of women in elections: a brief analysis in political life / zaherawati zakaria...[et al.]
topic JA Political science (General)
Political rights. Political participation
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34048/