Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Är deskriptiv representation även en substantiell sådan? En kvantitativ studie av representationernas samband

Eliasson, Robin LU (2019) STVK02 20182
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The relation between the descriptive and substantive representation has since its beginning
been thought to be of the correlated kind, that having the former would also implicate having
the latter - at least to some extent. What research has shown us is that the nature of the relation
is not as straightforward as we once thought. Former studies on the subject has come to
contrarious conclusions, pointing to answers in different directions, thus being ambiguous.
By adopting commonly used methodology on the field this study aims to contribute by
using the new measurement for descriptive representation - Gender Power Score. Paired with
variables drawn from former literature, the ambition is to through multiple regression analysis
try... (More)
The relation between the descriptive and substantive representation has since its beginning
been thought to be of the correlated kind, that having the former would also implicate having
the latter - at least to some extent. What research has shown us is that the nature of the relation
is not as straightforward as we once thought. Former studies on the subject has come to
contrarious conclusions, pointing to answers in different directions, thus being ambiguous.
By adopting commonly used methodology on the field this study aims to contribute by
using the new measurement for descriptive representation - Gender Power Score. Paired with
variables drawn from former literature, the ambition is to through multiple regression analysis
try to capture the essence of this relationship.
The result of this study showed that only one of the independent variables proved to be
significant and could therefore not establish whether a true correlation between the descriptive
and the substantive exists.
What is to be drawn from this is the need for extended research on the subject,
replicating the method of this study to further evaluate the relationship between the
representations, but also the applicability of the Gender Power Score as a tool for measurement. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Eliasson, Robin LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20182
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Descriptive representation, substantial representation, quantitative research, women and politics research, comparative politics, Varieties of Democracy data
language
Swedish
id
8965302
date added to LUP
2019-03-21 09:58:25
date last changed
2019-03-21 09:58:25
@misc{8965302,
  abstract     = {{The relation between the descriptive and substantive representation has since its beginning
been thought to be of the correlated kind, that having the former would also implicate having
the latter - at least to some extent. What research has shown us is that the nature of the relation
is not as straightforward as we once thought. Former studies on the subject has come to
contrarious conclusions, pointing to answers in different directions, thus being ambiguous.
By adopting commonly used methodology on the field this study aims to contribute by
using the new measurement for descriptive representation - Gender Power Score. Paired with
variables drawn from former literature, the ambition is to through multiple regression analysis
try to capture the essence of this relationship.
The result of this study showed that only one of the independent variables proved to be
significant and could therefore not establish whether a true correlation between the descriptive
and the substantive exists.
What is to be drawn from this is the need for extended research on the subject,
replicating the method of this study to further evaluate the relationship between the
representations, but also the applicability of the Gender Power Score as a tool for measurement.}},
  author       = {{Eliasson, Robin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Är deskriptiv representation även en substantiell sådan? En kvantitativ studie av representationernas samband}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}