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dc.contributor.authorCheema, Ali
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorLiaqat, Asad
dc.contributor.authorKhan Mohmand, Shandana
dc.coverage.spatialPakistanen
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-19T08:41:05Z
dc.date.available2022-05-19T08:41:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-18
dc.identifier.citationCheema, 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/S0003055422000375en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17410
dc.description.abstractHow 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.en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Associationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.subjectPolitics and Poweren
dc.titleCanvassing the Gatekeepers: A Field Experiment to Increase Women Voters’ Turnout in Pakistanen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holderThe Authorsen
dc.identifier.externalurihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/canvassing-the-gatekeepers-a-field-experiment-to-increase-women-voters-turnout-in-pakistan/FA51194C9645C6094097C96B05589330en
dc.identifier.teamPower and Popular Politicsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0003055422000375
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-05-18
rioxxterms.funderDepartment for International Development, UK Governmenten
rioxxterms.identifier.projectPO7239 Action for Empowerment and Accountability Programmeen
rioxxterms.versionVoRen
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1017/S0003055422000375en
rioxxterms.funder.project5cecb4e4-a784-4ff9-b559-66fc23b1b999en


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