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University-educated and men from the South are most likely to consider becoming an MP, new findings show | |
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2018-01-17 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Gaps in class, income, gender and education are major factors in who runs for political office in Britain as well as the north-south divide, according to the first research of its kind in Britain. The study, by the University of Bath and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), highlights how university-educated and socially elite men from the South are most likely to consider becoming an MP or councillor. They are also young, confident and have parents who were involved in politics when they were growing up. The findings are based on a survey of more than 10,000 British people into what drives political ambition. The suggestion from the research is that policies aimed at making politics more open to under-represented groups are not working as well as was hoped. "Our political institutions don’t 'look like' the British people because of these biases," said Dr Peter Allen, who led the research. "This study highlights how political parties risk further alienating the public who already think Westminster is run by London elites. "They should adjust how they recruit to minimise this effect. If they don’t then people will switch off long term, and politics will increasingly become the domain of the wealthy and highly-educated. It’s a matter of self-preservation." The widely held view is that political candidates should come from a diverse range of backgrounds. This ensures that democratic institutions such as the House of Commons are representative of the general population. Until now, researchers have focused on the type of people already holding seats. However, the issue of political ambition and the backgrounds of who want to run for office has not been explored in such depth in Britain before. Dr Allen and his colleagues investigated who exactly is interested in putting themselves forward for office by analysing data from a recent YouGov survey. The key findings include:
Dr Allen says that initiatives such as family-friendly policies in the Welsh and Scottish assemblies appear not to have closed the gender gap in political ambition. "These efforts are worthy of pursuit but we’ve found no effect from our data. The message is they should not be considered a simple fix. What’s needed is wider social change." The rise of groups like Momentum could encourage a broader range of candidates to come forward for selection, he adds, although it is yet unclear what their impact will be. Further information
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来源平台 | The Economic and Social Research Council |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/102735 |
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