Abstract Despite men’s traditional dominance in politics, survey data from selected geographical areas in India, Nepal and Bhutan show that attitudes towards women’s participation in local politics are overwhelmingly positive. Attitudes cluster along three major dimensions: perceptions of women’s capacities to join politics, the consequences of political engagement for the family’s reputation, and consequences of women’s political participation for their domestic responsibilities. Households with high economic status and political leaders are more positive whilst education, organisational membership, and living in urban areas do not show a consistent effect across the three dimensions, so we do not find a ‘modernity effect’. Despite variations in where and how women participate and in socio-economic and cultural contexts, attitudes are consistently positive, indicating that explanations for attitudinal changes are varied and complex. Nepal’s high score may be due to the political, social and military mobilisation in the last generation, while it is likely that reservation in India and women’s relative equality in Bhutan have contributed towards positive attitudes. Data are drawn from a survey of 6647 local level politicians, civil society leaders and ordinary citizens, and from interviews.

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对南亚妇女参与地方政治的态度

摘要尽管男人在政治上传统上占主导地位，但来自印度，尼泊尔和不丹某些地理区域的调查数据表明，对妇女参与当地政治的态度绝大多数是积极的。态度集中在三个主要方面：对妇女参政能力的认识，政治参与对家庭声誉的影响以及妇女政治参与对其家庭责任的影响。经济地位较高的家庭和政治领导人更为积极，而教育，组织成员资格和城市地区的生活在这三个维度上并未表现出一致的影响，因此我们没有发现“现代性影响”。尽管妇女参与的地点和方式以及社会经济和文化背景各有不同，态度始终是积极的，表明对态度变化的解释是多种多样且复杂的。尼泊尔的高分可能是由于上一代人的政治，社会和军事动员，而印度的保留和不丹妇女的相对平等可能有助于积极态度。数据来自对6647名地方政治人物，民间社会领袖和普通公民的调查以及访谈。