Gendered Representation and Power Inside Parliaments: Institutions, Identities, and Inequalities

Abstract

This panel discusses gendered representation and power inside parliaments from the perspective of institutions, identities and inequalities. The comparative and single case papers examine various national contexts, including Sweden and Spain, Germany, Austria and United Kingdom; Germany; Luxembourg: and Belgium, France, the United Kingdom and Poland. The topics range from examining how gender balance in elected chambers translates into the distribution of power through committee memberships; how and when parliamentary staffers act for women’s interests; how socialist legacies affect women’s political representation and lead to transformations in gender roles in politics; how gender (in)equality is institutionalized in parliamentary administrations and the practical challenges in achieving work-family life balance; and how young MPs claim to represent young people in parliaments and how claims about youth intersect with the representation of their other descriptive identities.

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Gender (Im)Balance? Gendered Committee Allocation Outcomes in Spain And Sweden	View Paper Details
Representation Backstage? When Women Staffers Act for Women’s Interests	View Paper Details
The representation of women’s interests in parliaments in the East and West of Germany – Still any evidence of a socialist societal transformation?	View Paper Details
Gender (in)equality in Parliamentary Administrations: the Luxembourgish case	View Paper Details
Who claims the/their youth? An intersectional analysis of representative claims made by young (female) parliamentarians	View Paper Details