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  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. 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