Party Gate-Keeping and Women's Appointment to Parliamentary Committees: Evidence from the Italian Case

Pansardi, Pamela; Vercesi, Michelangelo

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“…Although these studies consistently identify gendered divisions of labour, they use different methods for constructing measures of committee status necessary to identify vertical division of labour, and schemas for classifying committees according to their "masculine" or "feminine" characteristics necessary to identify the horizontal division of labour. As Pansardi and Vercesi (2017) argue, the distinction between committee gender and status is often not made clear, with the implicit assumption being that "masculine" committees -however defined -are the most prestigious, a claim that elides horizontal with vertical aspects of gendered division of labour.…”

Section: The Gendered Division Of Labour On Parliamentary Committeesmentioning

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Electing to Do Women's Work? Gendered Divisions of Labor in U.K. Select Committees, 1979–2016

2020

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Where female representatives are located within legislatures and what they do matters for the substantive representation of women. Previous scholarship has found that female parliamentary committee members participate differently than their male counterparts in relation to both policy area and status of positions held. Here, we draw on an original time-series data set (n = 9,767) to analyze the U.K. select committee system. We test for the impact of four variables previously found to be important in explaining changes in gendered divisions of labor: the system of appointment/election, the proportion of female representatives in the legislature, sharp increases in the number of female representatives, and changes in government from right-wing parties to left-wing parties. We find that horizontal and vertical divisions of labor persist over time and that membership patterns in the United Kingdom mainly correspond to those found elsewhere. Moreover, there is little evidence that any of the four variables have systematically affected membership patterns.

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Section: The Gendered Division Of Labour On Parliamentary Committeesmentioning

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Electing to Do Women's Work? Gendered Divisions of Labor in U.K. Select Committees, 1979–2016

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“…Prestige is often used to rank committees, and most research on the role of MPs' sex in appointments finds an uneven distribution of women and men across committees. Women are often overrepresented in social issue committees and those dealing with equality, and underrepresented in powerful committees and those representing issues that are traditionally 'men's' domains (Thomas, 1994;Friedman, 1996;Towns, 2003;Diaz, 2005;Heath et al, 2005;Schwindt-Bayer, 2010;Kerevel and Atkeson, 2013;Bolzendahl, 2014;Pansardi and Vercesi, 2017). Given that this pattern is even found in Denmark, one of the most advanced countries in terms of gender equality in politics, we expect to find similar disparities in most other settings (as argued by Baekgaard and Kjaer, 2012, p. 480).…”

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“…24-25). Committee members are important for shaping party policy (Friedman, 1996;Pansardi and Vercesi, 2017) and therefore party leaders value committee members with expertise in relevant policy areas (Ciftci et al, 2008;Mickler 2018aMickler , 2018b. It is pertinent to note the differences between women and men in expertise: female MPs are more likely to have careers in education, while men are more likely to come from business backgrounds (Thomas, 1994).…”

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“…An appointment to a highly prestigious committee is an institutionally valuable resource for MPs (Friedman, 1996, p. 74); it is both a way of gaining power and prestige (Cox and McCubbins, 2005) and also crucial for influencing policymaking (Friedman, 1996;Pansardi and Vercesi, 2017). Thus, not only can we argue that women and men should be present among political elites in roughly equal numbers on the grounds of fairness (Dovi, 2007, p. 308), but the physical presence of traditionally under-represented groups (such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities or women) in a committee might make a difference in terms of policy (Phillips, 1995;Mansbridge, 1999) and hence contribute to improving democratic deliberation (Dovi, 2007, p. 309).…”

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Who Gets What? The Interactive Effect of MPs’ Sex in Committee Assignments in Portugal

Espírito-Santo

Sanches

2019

Parliamentary Affairs

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This article investigates the role of key individual-level factors, namely expertise, seniority and preferences in women’s assignments to legislative committees. It focuses on Portugal and draws on biographical data on MPs in five elections until 2009 and interviews with 20 legislators in 2014. The results show that female and male MPs have a similar probability of being appointed to powerful and economic issue committees, but female MPs are more likely to be appointed to social issue committees regardless of expertise and seniority. Although this outcome might be the product of their own preferences, it is influenced by embedded gender norms.

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“…In this case, attention is especially paid to barriers to enter given political posts. Usually, scholars study women's political representation; however, the basic arguments can be easily extended to other societal segments (e.g., Norris and Lovenduski, 1995;Carnes 2016;Gouglas et al, 2018;Pansardi and Vercesi, 2017). Krook (2010: 708) summarizes the approach's assumptions by describing political careers as a step-by-step process.…”

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Approaches and lessons in political career research: Babel or pieces of a patchwork?

Vercesi

2018

Rev. Esp. Cienc. Polít.

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Political careers are a classic subject of elite studies. Scholars have sought to understand what affects political profiles and career patterns' formation. However, political career research is characterized by a variety of approaches and explanations, which often do not communicate each other. A framework that integrates existing contributions is lacking, and this undermines the process of accumulation of knowledge. A comprehensive assessment of the literature is necessary in view of this potentially welcomed undertaking. After a conceptual introduction, I provide here a general overview of the approaches used in political career research, classifiable into two main schools. It is stressed their theoretical arguments, methodological strategies, and deficits. The note will provide bases for developing further the research field, by underling epistemological, theoretical, and methodological lessons. ResumenLas carreras políticas son un tema clásico en los estudios de las elites. Los investigadores han intentado entender qué influye sobre los perfiles políticos y la formación de los patrones de carrera. Sin embargo, la investigación sobre las carreras políticas se caracteriza por una variedad de enfoques y explicaciones que con frecuencia no se comunican entre sí. La falta de un marco que integre las contribuciones existentes mina el proceso de acumulación de conocimiento. En vistas de asumir esta tarea, es necesaria una evaluación comprensiva de la literatura. Después de Michelangelo VercesiRevista Española de Ciencia Política. Núm. 48. Noviembre 2018, pp. 183-206 una introducción conceptual, se ofrece aquí un panorama general de los enfoques utilizados en la investigación sobre carreras políticas, que pueden clasificarse en dos "escuelas" principales. Se subrayan sus argumentos teóricos, estrategias metodológicas, y carencias. Esta nota de investigación proveerá bases para el futuro desarrollo de este campo de investigación, subrayando lecciones epistemológicas, teóricas y metodológicas.Palabras clave: elites políticas, carreras políticas, enfoques teóricos, caminos hacia el poder, reclutamiento político.

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Party Gate-Keeping and Women's Appointment to Parliamentary Committees: Evidence from the Italian Case

Cited by 36 publications

References 39 publications

Electing to Do Women's Work? Gendered Divisions of Labor in U.K. Select Committees, 1979–2016

Electing to Do Women's Work? Gendered Divisions of Labor in U.K. Select Committees, 1979–2016

Who Gets What? The Interactive Effect of MPs’ Sex in Committee Assignments in Portugal

Approaches and lessons in political career research: Babel or pieces of a patchwork?

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