Politics and Young Chinese-Indonesian Women: Socio-Psychological Determinants of Their Political Participation

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10.2991/assehr.k.201209.085How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Political participation, Socio-psychological factors, Demographic characteristic, Chinese-Indonesian, Women

Abstract

Despite the fruitful of research have been undertaken on political participation and civil engagement among women, there is less understanding of how Chinese-Indonesian women participating in politics. This study therefore aimed at providing a causal explanation of their participation through the analysis of some socio-psychological variables as well as demographic characteristics of the respondents. The research design of the ‘ex-post facto’ type was adopted for the study. This study examined whether age, level of education, marital status, attitude toward patriarchy, perceived feminism and need of power influence the level of female political participation. Purposive sampling was adopted to select participants. Data were collected through a demographic data form and questionnaires. Research questions were answered with the aid of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis of the data including correlations test and regression model. The results indicate that socio-psychological factors and education influence the level of political participation. However, positive attitude toward patriarchy and low feminism can be regarded as causes of resistance for involving working women in the politics realm. These findings have a major implication for comprehension and practice of politics of gender in Indonesia particularly in the midst democratic transition and in the context of urban psychology. The limitations of this study will be discussed toward possibilities for further research.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bonar Hutapea
AU  - Fransisca Iriani Roesmala Dewi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/12
TI  - Politics and Young Chinese-Indonesian Women: Socio-Psychological Determinants of Their Political Participation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 553
EP  - 560
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201209.085
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.085
ID  - Hutapea2020
ER  -