Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2006, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 40-45.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2006.05.007

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An Analysis of Some Factors Affecting Women's Participation in the Village-level Election

Rong HU, Kang HU, Xi-qing GUO   

  1. Department of Sociology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2006-03-20 Online:2006-09-15 Published:2006-09-30

Abstract:

Through a comparative and analytical study of factors affecting women's participation in village-level elections, we find that women villagers' political participation in elections is quite inferior to men's in addition to their different ages, educational levels and political positions.This is caused by lower cultural qualities of rural residents as a whole.Besides a further promotion of villagers' self-governance, the elevation of rural women's political participation depends on an integral elevation of rural residents' cultural qualities, thus fundamentally changing women's subordinate status as a traditional gender role.

Key words: women, political participation, village - level election

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