Explaining Gender Gaps in Indonesian Legislative Committees

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella Prihatini
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
The World ◽  
Committee Assignment ◽  
Party Ideology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Committee Assignments ◽  
Parliamentary Politics ◽  
Unique Dataset

Abstract Parliamentary committees are central in most modern legislatures in the world as key decisions are often made at this level. Consequently, women’s substantial representation in parliament is frequently measured by the appointment of women in powerful and prestigious committees. However, there is relatively little knowledge about how the politics of committee assignment operates, especially in Asian democracies, home to the majority of the world’s women. In this article, the Indonesian case is used to explore two issues, which are the gendered division of committees and the impact of Islam as a party ideology in assigning women to committees. Using a quantitative approach, this article examines a unique dataset of committee assignments in Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR) from 2004 to 2014. Interviews with sitting parliamentarians are also used to complement the statistical analysis. The results show that gender bias is an enduring characteristic of Post-Suharto parliamentary politics and Islam as a party ideology is not solely accountable for this disparity in committee allocations.

Spatial analysis of COVID-19 for the state of Uttar Pradesh, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Meet Fatewar ◽  
Sandeep Kumar ◽  
Shruti Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
The State ◽  
Spatial Statistical Analysis ◽  
First Case ◽  
The World ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
The Impact

The world is struggling to combat COVID-19 pandemic, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The pandemic has affected millions of people all across the globe since the first case has been reported in the Wuhan city of China in December 2019. India is the second most affected country in the world with more than 8.5 million confirmed cases (as of 10 November 2020) after USA. India is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the pandemic, leading to the Nation’s economy to a near standstill. The share of COVID-19 confirmed cases in six most affected States of India is approximately 60 percent. The analytical research tries to assess the impact of COVID-19 through spatial-statistical analysis for the state of Uttar Pradesh, which is one of the most affected states by COVID-19 in India. The detailed analysis has been carried out at district level. The impact of pandemic is more in regions (or districts), which are either having metropolis or airports along with high population density and growth rate during the last decade. Furthermore, inadequate number of health infrastructure facilities and low number of testing are some of the major factors making the situation worse in India. The spatial-statistical analysis enables to understand the pattern of spreading of disease by identifying the hot-spot areas, perceiving the trend of transmission of disease spatially, and understanding the extent of the pandemic over a period of time.

Impact of Women's Portrayal in Television Commercials on Promoting Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-92
Author(s):  
Sree Pavani V. ◽  
Ramachandra Aryasri A. ◽  
Sudhir Reddy M.
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Television Commercials ◽  
The World ◽  
Fast Moving Consumer Goods ◽  
Tv Commercials ◽  
The Impact

In various fields, the role of women has been changing over the years in diverse fields around the world like academics, advertising, politics, etc. Nowadays, women portrayal plays a primary role in TV commercials for marketing the FMCG products at an extreme level. This paper intends to study the women portrayal in TV commercials for the purpose of promoting FMCG. It conducts the study in three different perceptive. The first perspective investigates the relevance between the characteristic/category of the FMCG and the impact of women portrayal. The second and third perspectives include the economy, exploitation, and the growth of the FMCG sectors. The fourth perspective understands the merits, challenges, and bottlenecks faced by the promoters or producers of the FMCG, who exploit the commercials. Accordingly, the research work prepares an extensive questionnaire under these four perspectives to carry out a valuable study. After getting various responses from 21 industries, it carries out the statistical analysis to validate the overall responses. Eventually, it reveals the impact of women portrayal on systematically promoting FMCG products.

scholarly journals What Happened to the Laboratory Animals during COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown? India Answers.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.S. Harikrishnan ◽  
Sarita Jena ◽  
Shika Yadav ◽  
Kalidas Kohale ◽  
Jerald Mahesh Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Laboratory Animal ◽  
Laboratory Animals ◽  
Voluntary Participation ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Complete Closure ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background : COVID-19 imposed euthanasia of research animals and partial or complete closure of laboratory animal facilities across the world in the recent. In an attempt to find out the impact on laboratory animals, a survey was conducted ensuring the voluntary participation of institutions from different regions of India.Results : A total of 56 facilities participated from 14 states and union territories. From their responses 94.64% of the facilities operated either fully or partly with12.5% operating completely. 62.5% had no interruption in receiving essential supplies and 16.1% operated with complete man-power. 19.64% paused breeding completely and 53.57% partially. Besides strict lockdown, 95.83% of the institutes were able to provide veterinary care. 58.93% of the institutions conducted online IAEC meetings indicative of continuing research activities. Many facilities reported morbidities (64.29%) and mortality (8.93%). To optimize resources 41% reported euthanasia of animals.Conclusion : Statistical analysis revealed a significant association of lockdown associated reduced man-power and impaired essential-supplies with these observed eventualities. In conclusion, even though the lockdown had created a partial disruption of activities, operations and research went on in the majority of the facilities in India.

Democratic Committee Assignments in the House of Representatives: Strategic Aspects of a Social Choice Process

1973 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 889-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Rohde ◽  
Kenneth A. Shepsle
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Choice ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Choice Process ◽  
Committee Assignment ◽  
Committee Assignments

This paper examines the committee assignment process for Democratic members of the House of Representatives. Unlike previous studies of committee assignments, this paper employs data on the requests for assignments submitted by members to the Committee on Committees. The theoretical perspective employed is one in which all the participants in the process are rational actors who have goals they want to achieve and who choose among alternative courses of action on the basis of which alternative is most likely to lead to the achievement of those goals. We argue that the allocation of committee assignments affects the goals of all the participants in the process, and thus we consider the choices of actors in the process in terms of their goals; specifically the goals of re-election, influence within the House, and good public policy.After first considering the process from the point of view of the member making requests, we show that the member's requests are related to the type of district he represents, and that the number of requests he makes is related to such considerations as whether he is a freshman, whether he faces competition from a member from his state, and whether there is a vacancy from his state on his most preferred committee.The process is also considered from the point of view of the members making the assignments. Decisions on assignments are found to be affected by seniority (where success in getting requested committees is inversely related to seniority), margin of election (where members from marginal districts are more successful), and region (where southerners are less successful than members from other regions).

scholarly journals The impact of the company’s patents on the value of its brand

2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 08006
Author(s):  
Vitaliy Ruposov ◽  
Tuyana Bayaskalanova ◽  
Natalia Dneprovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Brand Value ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Maturity Stage ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The approach to assessing the impact of the number of effective patents on inventions registered by the company on the value of its brand is considered in this paper. In current conditions of turbulent economic development, the issue of value of the objects of intellectual property created by the company is often raised, since the value of such an object can be higher than the funds contributed to the charter capital. For high-tech companies, this imbalance can persist in the maturity stage. All these parameters define the relevance of the research. In the paper, statistical analysis of the ten most expensive companies in the world is performed, and a model of links between the value of the company and the number of intellectual property objects is built, that has revealed the independence of the brand value of the company. Based on the received economic and mathematical parameters, created on the basis of statistical data, the conclusions have been generated.

Precongressional Careers and Committees: The Impact of Congruence

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Francis ◽  
Brittany Bramlett
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Political Ambition ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Career Experiences ◽  
New Members ◽  
State Legislator ◽  
Legislative Activity ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Committee Assignments

We explore the impact that precongressional careers have on the behavior of new members in the U.S. House of Representatives. Does a former doctor act differently in the House than a former state legislator, lawyer, or businesswoman? Is the former doctor more productive as a new member if assigned to a committee that utilizes his or her perceived and actual experiences in the medical field? We posit that new members who are assigned to committees that align with their career experiences are more active legislators and obtain legislative expertise more quickly than other new members of Congress (MCs), with implications for their future political ambition. To explore these claims, we collected an extensive dataset of the precongressional career experiences of first and second term MCs from the 101st-113th Congresses (1989-2014), their committee assignments, legislative activity, and political ambition. We find that MCs with career-committee congruence have a legislative advantage compared with other new MCs, influencing their transition and trajectory in Congress. Many MCs matched with the right committee are more likely to introduce legislation in their policy area. In addition, we provide some evidence that MCs obtain committee leadership positions more often than their peers without the same early advantage.

Freshman Committee Assignments and Re-election in the United States House of Representatives

1972 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 996-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles S. Bullock
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
The United States ◽  
Committee Assignment ◽  
Constituency Service ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Committee Assignments

Two students of the committee assignment process, Nicholas Masters and Charles Clapp, as well as some congressmen, assert that the most crucial factor in filling committee vacancies is whether the appointment will enhance the recipient's chance of re-election. This statement is tested using data for Republican and Northern Democratic freshmen elected to the House between 1947 and 1967.The freshmen are grouped on the basis of assumptions about which assignment or assignments should help them win re-election. When narrowly elected and safe freshmen are compared, there is no evidence that the former more frequently receive assignments likely to facilitate re-election. Thus there is no support for the Masters-Clapp proposition.Investigation further reveals that even those freshmen from marginal districts who are awarded “good” appointments are not re-elected significantly more often than are comparable newcomers having less favorable assignments. Committee assignments therefore seem relatively unimportant in determining whether a congressman wins a sophomore term. Indeed, more than 70 per cent of the freshmen who triumphed in hotly contested races to reach the House are returned. When these incumbents are defeated it is typically as a result of nation-wide forces over which they exercise little if any control.The implications of this research are that congressmen have a greater range of alternatives than is often thought. Even the narrowly elected novice is relatively free to seek appointment to committees for reasons other than constituency service or promotion. Largely symbolic activities are available through which concern for the district and its problems and needs can be demonstrated, thereby freeing much of the congressman's time and attention to pursue other less parochial goals.

Committee Assignments in the House of Representatives

1961 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Masters
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Internal Politics ◽  
Continuous Service ◽  
Committee Assignment ◽  
Committee Assignments ◽  
Working Out

Any attempt to understand the legislative process, or to reckon how well it fulfills its purported functions, calls for a careful consideration of the relationships among congressmen. The beginning weeks of the first session of every congress are dominated by the internal politics of one phase of those relationships, the assignment of members to committees. Since congressmen devote most of their energies—constituents' errands apart—to the committees on which they serve, the political stakes in securing a suitable assignment are high. Competition for the more coveted posts is intense in both houses; compromises and adjustments are necessary. Members contest with each other over particularly desirable assignments; less frequently, one member challenges the entire body, as when Senator Wayne Morse fought for his committee assignments in 1953.The processes and patterns of committee assignments have been only generally discussed by political scientists and journalists. Perhaps the reason for this is too ready an acceptance of the supposition that these assignments are made primarily on the basis of seniority. Continuous service, it is true, insures a member of his place on a committee once he is assigned, but seniority may have very little to do with transfers to other committees, and it has virtually nothing to do with the assignment of freshman members. On what basis, then, are assignments made? Surely, not on the basis of simple random selection.A recent student sees the committee assignment process as analogous to working out a “giant jig saw puzzle” in which the committees-on-committees observe certain limitations.

scholarly journals Fossilized Gender Bias

revistapuce ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Frame
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
The World ◽  
Female Politicians ◽  
The Impact

No woman has everbeen elected President of the United States. Despite historic breakthroughs by female politicians, shattering the ultimate glass ceiling is still an elusive feat. The purpose of this study is to analyze the extent to which gender bias influences the U.S. presidential election process. Its aim is also to measure the sociolinguistic impact of negative stereotypes of women in the country’s political culture. In gathering the research, the study examined the 2016 U.S. presidential race which featured Hillary Clinton. The veteran public servant ran against a male opponent who had no political experience. Donald Trump’s stunning victory shocked the world. It also re-kindled a public dispute about systemic gender discrimination in U.S. politics. This research investigation is a descriptive analysis of gender-specific political debates and discourses featured in TV documentaries,  news media coverage, as well as in YouTube videos. The inquiry also examines the impact of Hollywood movies that depict a fictional narrative on political gender bias, generating the question: “Is art imitating or reshaping life?” Evidence from the study points to fossilized cultural prejudice against female politicians who aspire to the nation’s highest levels of government. A fair and measured conclusion can also be drawn, which is that such embedded gender bias continues to reinforce outmoded norms, notions, and assumptions about the role of female politicians. But things could radically shift sooner than later. U.S. citizens get a chance to vote for or against a woman who is on the 2020 democratic ticket as presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate. If the democrats prevail, this female candidate, Kamala Harris, would be a heartbeat away from the most powerful political position in the world.

scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 on the Mental Wellbeing of Youth Around the World: A Statistical Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian McDermott ◽  
Sai Mattapalli ◽  
Alondra Rodriguez-Solis ◽  
Ana Anariba ◽  
Cara Eng Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
The World ◽  
Mental Health Effects ◽  
The Impact

Last year, COVID-19, a respiratory disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, managed to infect more than 200 million humans, cause almost 5 million deaths, and establish itself as a prevailing matter in all facts of life (Worldometer, Coronavirus cases). While the medical details of COVID-19 have seen extensive research, relatively less attention has been paid to its mental health effects, especially in the context of children and adolescents. Our aim in this report is to discuss and analyze the various results of previous studies in this field and conduct our own analyses to bring forth new conclusions. The creation of this report was overseen by the World Health Organization's EPI-WIN Team.

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