Welcome to "No problem et al.!" This is a political science podcast by Viktor Burgi and Julius Kölzer. In this podcast, we will interview political scientists about their research in the context of bigger developments in politics and society: why were radical right parties in the last 20 years so successful? What are structural divides in contemporary Europe? How do current political events relate to long-term trends? You can find Julius and Viktor on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Julius_Ktxt and https://twitter.com/V_Burgi). Have fun!
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Episode 3: Magdalena Breyer on Women's Representation and its Effects on Political Behavior
In the third episode of "Political Science? No Problem et al.", we talk to Dr. Magdalena Breyer about voters' reactions to different representation trajectories of women in politics. Does an increase in the proportion of female politicians trigger a conservative backlash? Can stagnating women's representation mobilize female voters for progressive parties? And what does this tell us about changing gender-related status hierarchies in western societies as a whole? More broadly, we discussed general gender disparities in voting behavior, how older and younger women differ in political preferences and how different parties try to appeal to female voters.
Magda is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Basel and studies the implications of shifting class and status structures for voting behavior and party competition. You can find her website here: https://www.magdalenabreyer.net/ and follow her on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/magda_breyer. Magda's paper discussed in the episode can be accessed here:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00104140231223745
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