Diversity in the judiciary: how diversity matters for democratic inclusion, representation, and inequalities. (7th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kirkpatrick, Jennet; Kittilson, Miki Caul; Hoekstra, Valerie
• Is Part Of: Politics, groups, and identities. Volume 8:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 786
• Page End: 789
• Publication Date: 2020-08-07
• Subjects: Judiciary -- courts -- inclusion -- diversity -- representation -- gender -- race; Identity (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Political psychology -- Periodicals; Sex -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- Periodicals; Ethnicity; Identity (Psychology); Political psychology; Sex; Periodicals; 320
• DOI: 10.1080/21565503.2020.1782953
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2156-5503

Abstract

ABSTRACT: While a rich and developed body of literature focuses on questions of diversity in legislatures, a growing body of scholarship addresses these questions for the judiciary. This burgeoning area of study presents several challenges, three of which are illuminated by papers in this Dialogue section. As the papers show, these three research challenges are empirical and normative. By bringing together political theory and empirical research, and by focusing on both the US and comparative judiciaries, the essays build our understanding of processes of representation in the judiciary and the complexities of the relationships between race, ethnicity, and gender.