Audiences and affective representation

Abstract

This panel considers the ‘audiences’ for claims-makers in political representation, namely the (voting) public in diverse contexts. Papers theorise the audience as co-producers of political representation, utilising examples from Flemish politics; consider perceptions of female candidates in Morocco, as well as, in a separate paper, the influence of audience/public perceptions on other voters’ willingness to elect women in Morocco; explore perceptions of not being well represented among racially minoritized people in France, Germany and the Netherlands, asking when and for whom visibility in representation leads to emancipation (good representation) or marginalization (misrepresentation); and the affective political labour of women and the disadvantaged ways that women are incorporated into political systems in India, Indonesia and Australia.

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Gendered labour and recognition in politics: women’s inequitable incorporation in electoral democracies	View Paper Details
Look Who’s Watching. The Audience in Political Representation.	View Paper Details
Candidate Traits and Female Electability in Morocco	View Paper Details
Gender and Perceived Electability in Morocco	View Paper Details
Hyper visible but unseen: Minoritized European citizens on not feeling politically represented	View Paper Details