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Canvassing the Gatekeepers: A Field Experiment to Increase Women Voters’ Turnout in Pakistan

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dc.creator Cheema, Ali
dc.creator Khan, Sarah
dc.creator Liaqat, Asad
dc.creator Khan Mohmand, Shandana
dc.date 2022-05-19T08:41:05Z
dc.date 2022-05-19T08:41:05Z
dc.date 2022-05-18
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:56:11Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:56:11Z
dc.identifier Cheema, A.; Khan, S.; Liaqat, A. and Khan Mohmand, S. (2022). Canvassing the Gatekeepers: A Field Experiment to Increase Women Voters’ Turnout in Pakistan, American Political Science Review, 1-21, DOI: 10.1017/S0003055422000375
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17410
dc.identifier https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/canvassing-the-gatekeepers-a-field-experiment-to-increase-women-voters-turnout-in-pakistan/FA51194C9645C6094097C96B05589330
dc.identifier Power and Popular Politics
dc.identifier 10.1017/S0003055422000375
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/199198
dc.description How can we close persistent gender gaps in political participation? We develop a theory highlighting the role of male household members as “gatekeepers” of women’s participation in patriarchal settings and argue that the answer involves targeting these men. We conduct a field experiment in Pakistan and find that targeting women with a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote campaign has no effect on their turnout in a national election. However, women’s turnout increases substantially when male household members are canvassed to support women’s participation. Households where both men and women are canvassed see the largest increases in women’s turnout and additional increases in political discussion and men’s practical support to help women vote. Using a costly behavioral measure, we also demonstrate lasting effects on men’s supportive behavior in these households two months after the election. Our results address the importance, and tangible benefits, of engaging men to ease constraints that hinder equal participation.
dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights The Authors
dc.subject Gender
dc.subject Governance
dc.subject Politics and Power
dc.title Canvassing the Gatekeepers: A Field Experiment to Increase Women Voters’ Turnout in Pakistan
dc.type Article
dc.coverage Pakistan


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