Political Science, Global Studies, International Relations, Politics and the Economy
-2nd Year Students
-3rd Year Students
-4th Year Students- Seniors
-3rd Year Students
-4th Year Students- Seniors
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What explains legislative diversity -- both in terms of gender and ethnicity? Research on diversification strategies across states tend to focus on electoral or social explanations of underrepresented groups in legislatures. However, existing explanations fail to (1) outline a strategic dynamic as to how voters or political parties choose a double-minority, ethnicity-only minority, or gender-only minority when increasing representation, and (2) explain how existing explanations for diversification of legislators apply to autocratic regimes. This project develops a novel dataset on Asian legislatures from 1947 - 2025 to tackle the issues listed above. This is the first dataset of its type. The project is seeking 3-4 students to support the building of this dataset and to develop a theory for authoritarian legislative diversity in Asia. The project will be led by Dr. Keith Chew.
Basic Microsoft Excel skills or Google Sheets skills
Keith Chew
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