Multilevel governance and women's legislative representation
| العنوان: | Multilevel governance and women's legislative representation |
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| المؤلفون: | André Kaiser, Kristina Gushchina |
| المصدر: | European Journal of Political Research |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Multi-level governance, Sociology and Political Science, Political science, Representation (systemics), Legislature, Public administration |
| الوصف: | Research shows that electoral systems, gender quotas and a country's socio-economic development affect women's legislative representation (WLR). Less attention is paid to the effects of the rise of regional political arenas and multilevel politics on WLR. Due to less costly and competitive electoral campaigns, women can have easier access to regional legislatures. We argue that this relationship is mitigated by the distribution of competences between the different levels of the political system and that decentralization's effect on WLR at the regional level is dependent on the regions’ political power. To test this, we use an original dataset on WLR in 383 regional parliaments in 19 European countries from 1970 to 2018. Results of the three-level models show that more political authority vested into regions leads to a lower level of WLR in the legislatures of the more politically powerful regions in comparison with not only the regions possessing less authority but also with the national parliament. Possible explanations for this effect, such as the attractiveness of these positions to the mostly male political elite and, consequently, increased costs and competitiveness of electoral campaigns, are suggested. Introduction Multilevel governance and women's political representation Data Analysis Conclusion Acknowledgements Supporting information References |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 1475-6765 0304-4130 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e554da55de2ea080d9d602bc9410502b https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12431 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e554da55de2ea080d9d602bc9410502b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14756765 03044130 |
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