female legislators in West European parliaments
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Diaz, Mercedes Mateo
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 53 2008
- Thesaurus
- politieke participatie, volksvertegenwoordigers, politieke stromingen, macht, gender, emancipatie, quota, EU-landen
- Description
- This book examines political participation, representation and legitimacy in the national parliaments of European Union countries. The book is organised around three major questions: what affects the presence of women in parliament?: does the number of women in parliament have an effect?: and are women in parliament representing women? A surprising result of the research is that relatively small groups of women can influence various aspects of the legislative process. Diaz researched different electoral systems, and concludes that the level of proportionality of the system influences the extent to which parliament and assemblies mirror their polulations, both socially and ideologically.