3. Feminist Reflections on Representative Democracy

Lovenduski, Joni

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“…As such, we can align with the scholarly work that has also found limited support for different patterns of female parliamentary behaviour if the proportion of women in parliaments changes (Sarah & Mona, 2008, p. 733). This study highlights the importance of the broader institutional setting (see Lovenduski, 2019) when it comes to studying the political behaviour of politicians based on gender. Therefore, different attack behaviour between men and women across the countries may be rooted in the electoral systems and the different possibilities of securing policy goals and re-election; in Belgium and Croatia, politicians act within and in the interest of their parties supported by gender quotas, whereas in the UK politicians act individually and in the interest of their constituencies, without the security provided by gender quotas.…”

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The Role of Gender in Parliamentary Attacks and Incivility

Poljak

2022

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It has been well established that politicians attack their competitors to reach their political goals. As such, there is a considerable amount of literature on their attack behaviour. However, this literature almost exclusively investigates attack behaviour during campaigns, and so far, few studies have addressed the nature of attacks during more routine times in parliaments. This article aims to fill this gap by examining in-parliament attack behaviour and, more specifically, the gender characteristics of attacks. It is theorised that women are less likely to attack and be attacked than men due to the stereotypical gender roles. However, it is anticipated that this compliance to stereotypes diminishes as proximity to elections increases, resulting in women engaging in attacks as much as men. To limit the cost of their divergence, attacks employed by and toward women are expected to be more civil. Lastly, this study argues that adherence to gender stereotypes is stronger in countries with candidate-centred parliamentary systems than party-centred ones. This study finds support for the theoretical framework using longitudinal data on individual attacks in the parliaments of Belgium, Croatia, and the UK. Results confirm that politicians adhere to gender stereotypical roles in parliaments, with women attacking and being targeted less than men, and when women do attack or are targeted, less incivility is employed. Proximity to elections makes both women and men more hostile, but women lower the cost of their increasing attack behaviour by using less incivility, unlike men who increasingly opt for uncivil attacks closer to elections. Additionally, these findings strongly apply in the candidate-centred system of the UK, whereas in the party-centred system of Belgium and Croatia, hardly any support for the theory can be found.

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The Role of Gender in Parliamentary Attacks and Incivility

Poljak

2022

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“…La democracia paritaria, dentro de una democracia representativa, para ser efectivamente transformadora y redistribuir el poder en la sociedad, requiere poner atención sobre las condiciones que hacen posible el acceso al espacio público, un espacio público diseñado en clave masculina, blanca y burguesa (Lovenduski, 2019). Si las políticas afirmativas son necesarias, deben apuntar antes que a la inclusión a la transformación de los espacios de participación política, a hacerlos más porosos a otras formas de comunicación política, a un descentramiento del proceso de deliberación política que no fuerce el consenso como único objetivo de este (Young, 2000).…”

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Redefiniciones de lo político. La democracia feminista y el interés de «las mujeres»

Darat

2022

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Mientras Carole Pateman (1988) afirma que «para las feministas la democracia no ha existido jamás», Julieta Kirkwood (1986) sostiene que «no hay democracia sin feminismo». Ambas aluden a la deuda del ideal democrático con la emancipación de las mujeres, e incluso a la función estructural de la exclusión de las mujeres en la democracia liberal. A partir de los encuentros y desencuentros entre democracia y feminismo, el presente artículo pretende ofrecer una definición de la democracia feminista que vaya más allá de la inclusión a través de la acción afirmativa, abordando las tensiones que esta genera en el debate feminista de las últimas décadas y los nuevos desafíos en torno a las políticas de redistribución y de reconocimiento. ¿Es posible superar la opresión y la dominación a partir de políticas centradas en el interés de grupo? ¿Cómo se define ese interés sin esencializar la diferencia? Responder a estas preguntas resulta clave para plantear un concepto eficaz de democracia feminista.

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“…Since political representation is a constituent of modern democracy, analysing the representation of women is important because it is a good test of the democratic quality (Lijphart 2012;Lovenduski 2005) and fairness (Phillips 1995). Yet, it is argued that representative democracies fail to represent women adequately despite advances in women's political presence and the greater attention given to women's issues (Lovenduski 2019). In order to gain an in-depth understanding of this problem and find effective solutions, the study of women's political representation is vital.…”

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Introduction to the symposium on women’s political representation in Central and Eastern Europe

Gwiazda

2021

East European Politics

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3. Feminist Reflections on Representative Democracy

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

The Role of Gender in Parliamentary Attacks and Incivility

The Role of Gender in Parliamentary Attacks and Incivility

Redefiniciones de lo político. La democracia feminista y el interés de «las mujeres»

Introduction to the symposium on women’s political representation in Central and Eastern Europe

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