Existing studies show that democracies are no better than autocracies in terms of women's legislative representation. This finding seems counterintuitive because democracies are more politically inclusive and foster greater respect for civil and political rights, compared to autocracies. We revisit the relationship between democracy and women's legislative representation by considering the interaction between democracy and global norms of gender equality in politics. We argue that democracies are better able than autocracies to translate a global norm of gender-balanced political representation into actual domestic practices. Further, we contend that the effect of democracies also depends on the external normative pressure. Using a time-series cross-sectional dataset covering 147 countries from 1951 to 2013, our analysis shows that the more democratic a country is, the more responsive it is to global norms promoting gender equality in politics. It also demonstrates that the effect of democracy on women's representation strengthens, as global normative pressure for women's inclusion in politics grows.

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选举更多女性进入国家立法机构：全球规范压力与国内政治制度之间的相互作用

现有研究表明，在妇女的立法代表方面，民主国家并不比专制国家好。这一发现似乎违反直觉，因为与专制国家相比，民主国家在政治上更具包容性，并且更加尊重公民和政治权利。我们通过考虑民主与全球政治性别平等规范之间的相互作用来重新审视民主与妇女立法代表之间的关系。我们认为，民主国家比专制国家更能将性别平衡的政治代表的全球规范转化为实际的国内实践。此外，我们认为民主的效果还取决于外部规范压力。使用从 1951 年到 2013 年覆盖 147 个国家的时间序列横截面数据集，我们的分析表明，一个国家越民主，它对促进政治中性别平等的全球规范就越敏感。它还表明，随着全球规范女性参与政治的压力越来越大，民主对女性代表的影响会加强。