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Maternity Leave Policy & Representation of Women: An Analysis of Descriptive Representation, Parliamentary Factors, and Civil Society Contexts Predicting Substantive Representation of Women
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Maternity leave policy is gendered in nature, enabling women to reconcile responsibilities within the public and private spheres. Despite recognition of the value of leave policies, extreme cross-national variation in policy exists. This paper is founded in feminist theory and builds upon the concept of representation as developed by Hanna Pitkin (1967). The analysis extends the literature by applying Pitkin’s theory of representation to maternity leave policy. Based upon the model developed by Beckwith & Cowell-Meyers (2007), the analysis investigates the explanatory power of descriptive representation, along with parliamentary factors and civil society contexts, which predict substantive representation, operationalized as maternity leave policy. A large-n, cross-national, quantitative analysis was conducted to determine the variables that significantly predict maternity leave policy. The results reveal that female labor force participation and children under the age of 15 both significantly predict the variance in the dependent variable.
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Author's Keywords: Representation, Maternity Leave Policy, Feminist Theory, Women-Friendly Public Policy, Gender and Politics	Convention Need a solution for abstract management? All Academic can help! Contact us today to find out how our system can help your annual meeting. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
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Schumacher, Kristin. "Maternity Leave Policy & Representation of Women: An Analysis of Descriptive Representation, Parliamentary Factors, and Civil Society Contexts Predicting Substantive Representation of Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the MPSA Annual National Conference, Palmer House Hotel, Hilton, Chicago, IL, Apr 03, 2008 Online <PDF>. 2008-08-19 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p266709_index.html>

Schumacher, K. L. (2008, Apr) "Maternity Leave Policy & Representation of Women: An Analysis of Descriptive Representation, Parliamentary Factors, and Civil Society Contexts Predicting Substantive Representation of Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the MPSA Annual National Conference, Palmer House Hotel, Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <PDF> Retrieved 2008-08-19 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p266709_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Maternity leave policy is gendered in nature, enabling women to reconcile responsibilities within the public and private spheres. Despite recognition of the value of leave policies, extreme cross-national variation in policy exists. This paper is founded in feminist theory and builds upon the concept of representation as developed by Hanna Pitkin (1967). The analysis extends the literature by applying Pitkin’s theory of representation to maternity leave policy. Based upon the model developed by Beckwith & Cowell-Meyers (2007), the analysis investigates the explanatory power of descriptive representation, along with parliamentary factors and civil society contexts, which predict substantive representation, operationalized as maternity leave policy. A large-n, cross-national, quantitative analysis was conducted to determine the variables that significantly predict maternity leave policy. The results reveal that female labor force participation and children under the age of 15 both significantly predict the variance in the dependent variable.

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