When Do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates. (August 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- When Do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates. (August 2019)
- Main Title:
- When Do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates
- Authors:
- Bäck, Hanna
Debus, Marc - Abstract:
- Do female representatives participate less often in legislative debates, and does it matter which topic is debated? Drawing on the role incongruity theory, we hypothesise that women take the parliamentary floor less often because of the gender stereotypes that are likely to guide the behaviour of party representatives. Such underrepresentation is less likely to be present when debates are dealing with policy areas that can be characterised as feminine. By referring to critical mass theory, we expect women to participate less in debates if they are members of parties with fewer female representatives. The results of an analysis of speechmaking among members of parliament in seven European countries show that female members of parliament are less represented in legislative debates, especially when debates deal with topics that can be characterised as masculine. Furthermore, the effect of gender on speechmaking clearly varies across parties. However, the pattern does not follow the logic derived from critical mass theory. Instead, female members of parliament take the floor less often when they are members of parties with many female representatives.
- Is Part Of:
- Political studies. Volume 67:Number 3(2019)
- Journal:
- Political studies
- Issue:
- Volume 67:Number 3(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 67, Issue 3 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 67
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0067-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 576
- Page End:
- 596
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08
- Subjects:
- parliamentary behaviour -- representation -- gender
Political science -- Periodicals
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- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9248 ↗
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0032-3217 ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0032321718789358 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0032-3217
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