Essays about: "Quota"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 150 essays containing the word Quota.

  1. 1. Explaining Gender-Based Political Funding: A quantitative cross-national analysis of the impact of electoral, political, and cultural factors on political funding

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Saba Muneer; [2024]
    Keywords : gender targeted public funding; gender quotas; cross national; gender and politics; political; electoral; cultural; regression analysis;

    Abstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is gendered public funding – which has been adopted in more than 30 countries worldwide yet remains understudied in the literature on gender and politics. READ MORE

  3. 2. Women’s Political Representation during 2000–2021 : The Case of Mexico

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Vanessa Necevska; [2024]
    Keywords : Mexico; Theory of Representation; Political Representation; Women’s political Representation; Women in national legislation.;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study focuses on the development of women’s political representation in national legislation, from 2000 to 2021 in Mexico. To examine the development of women’s political representation, this study will use Hanna Pitkin’s (1967) four interconnected diminutions of representation: formal, descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Using Gender Quotas to Legitimise Non-Democracies : A critical discourse analysis of the Algerian gender quota

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Cajsa Hemström; [2023]
    Keywords : gender quota; autocratic gender-washing; feminist institutionalism; Algeria; critical discourse analysis; gender reform; WPP;

    Abstract : This thesis examines a gender quota in Algeria to determine if signs can be found that it was adopted to improve the regime’s image, rather than to empower women. Such symbolic gender reforms are also known as autocratic gender-washing and are problematic as they are generally viewed as democratisation efforts but have no such effect. READ MORE

  5. 4. Jämförelse av planteringsresultatet mellan markberedningsmetoderna harvspår och omvänd torva för planteringsmaskinen Plantma X

    University essay from SLU/Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology (from 131204)

    Author : Simon Dahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Maskinell plantering; terrängegenskap; planteringskvalitet; högläggning; blockkvot; stubbtäthet; humustjocklek;

    Abstract : Holmen har som första skogsbolag i Sverige köpt in planteringsmaskinen Plantma X med syfte att i framtiden ersätta delar av den manuella planteringen med maskinell plantering. Bra planteringskvalité samt en markberedningsmetod anpassad till traktens terrängegenskaper är viktiga faktorer för att planteringsmaskinen ska kunna implementeras i större skala framöver. READ MORE

  6. 5. Women’s representation in local governance: A case study on the effects of quota implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Wigren; [2023]
    Keywords : Sri Lanka; quota; electoral reform; women’s substantive representation; politics of presence; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A qualitative case study set in Colombo, Sri Lanka focusing on women’s representation in local governance. The essay follows the aftermath of the country’s newly implemented electoral reform, which since 2018 resulted in a mixed- member-proportional electoral system with a gender quota. READ MORE