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Replication Data for: Who Supports Gender Quotas in Transitioning and Authoritarian States in the Middle East and North Africa?

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Title Replication Data for: Who Supports Gender Quotas in Transitioning and Authoritarian States in the Middle East and North Africa?
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ROZBVY
 
Creator Noh, Yuree
Shalaby, Marwa
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description What are the drivers of citizens’ support for electoral gender quotas in transitioning and authoritarian states? Despite extensive research examining public support for women in politics in democracies, we know little about how the public perceives them in less democratic settings. To address this shortcoming, we use original survey data from authoritarian Morocco and transitioning Tunisia -- two Arab countries hailed for their progressive gender policies. We argue that in these countries where citizens lack political information, they instead rely on their assessment of the government's performance to form attitudes toward gender quotas. Furthermore, electoral legitimacy plays an important role in shaping citizens' support for quotas, which are closely linked to how elections and legislatures operate. The findings offer strong support for our theoretical expectations and uncover important gender differences.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Date 2023-12-20
 
Contributor Noh, Yuree