Gender, disability and political representation : understanding the experiences of disabled women
Evans, Elizabeth and Reher, Stefanie (2023) Gender, disability and political representation : understanding the experiences of disabled women. European Journal of Politics and Gender. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2515-1096 (https://doi.org/10.1332/251510823x16779382116831)
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Abstract
Women face multiple barriers during political recruitment and representational processes. Concomitantly, a burgeoning scholarship has revealed the existence of various obstacles to elected office faced by disabled people. While studies have examined the intersections between gender, race and class, we know little about how the intersection between disability and gender shapes people’s experiences. This article provides an exploratory case-study analysis of the UK. We centre the perspectives of disabled women in our analysis, drawing upon qualitative interviews undertaken with 41 disabled women candidates, politicians and party activists, as well as participant observation of online events organised to discuss disabled women and elected office. Three themes emerged from this research: first, disabled women feel that they are perceived as ‘not up to the job’; second, disabled women are ‘othered’ during recruitment processes; and, third, hyper-visibility experienced by some, but not all, disabled women can be experienced positively but mainly negatively.
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Item type: Article ID code: 85150 Dates: DateEvent28 March 2023Published28 March 2023Published Online2 March 2023AcceptedKeywords: gender, disability, disabled women, political recruitment, candidates, representation, Political Science, Sociology, The family. Marriage. Women, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science Subjects: Political Science
Social Sciences > Sociology
Social Sciences > The family. Marriage. WomenDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 18 Apr 2023 10:51 Last modified: 18 Apr 2023 10:51 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85150