Essays about: "Women´s political representation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words Women´s political representation.

  1. 1. What were the consequences of Jeanine Áñez´s presidency for violence against women in politics in Bolivia?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Danielsdottir; [2024]
    Keywords : Bolivia; violence against women in politics; Jeanine Áñez; Women´s political representation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study investigates the consequences that female descriptive representation, at the highest executive political position, had on violence against women in politics. More specifically it looks at Jeanine Áñez ́s presidency and its impact on violence against women in Bolivia. 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. WHY WOMEN’S DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION DOES NOT LEAD TO SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION: An interview study of women politician’s perceptions of hindrances for political inclusion in Bolivia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Granlund; [2023-01-30]
    Keywords : Substantive representation; Women; Hindrances; Informal institutions; Bolivia;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to understand why a high descriptive representation does not result in a high substantive representation. The theory of politics of presence (Phillips, 1995) suggests that there should be a link between descriptive and substantive representation. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Crisis of representation and the opportunity for change: A case study of women’s representation in Chile between 2015-2022

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Albin Lundholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Chile; constitution; women’s representation; gender quotas; institutional trust.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a descriptive case study of the institutional measures to improve women’s representation in Chile between 2015 and 2022. Women in Chile have historically been underrepresented because of two institutions introduced by former dictator Pinochet: the 1980 constitution and the binomial electoral system. READ MORE