Gender, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality in Government Cabinets: Evidence from Asia

Gender, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality in Government Cabinets: Evidence from Asia

What explains cabinet diversity – both gender and ethnicity? In contrast to the literature that (1) focuses singularly on one minority dimension – whether it is gender or ethnicity; or (2) assumes the two dimensions operate in a zero-sum game, we consider the intersection of the two. We argue we see more minority ministers –…