"A job in politics is not for women": analysing barriers to women's political representation in CEE

Title:

"A job in politics is not for women": analysing barriers to women's political representation in CEE

Creator:

Clavero, Sara and Galligan, Yvonne

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:966aae15-a592-4947-8db5-7dbf272d4bbc
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urnnbn:urn:nbn:cz:aba007-000hbt

Type:

model:internalpart and TEXT

Format:

print

Description:

This article discusses women's political representation in Central and Eastern Europe in the fifteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the adoption of liberal democratic political systems in the region. It highlights the deep-seated gender stereotypes that define women primarily as wives and mothers, with electoral politics seen as an appropriate activity for men, but less so for women. The article explores the ways in which conservative attitudes on gender roles hinders the supply of, and demand for, women in the politics of Central and Eastern Europe. It also discusses the manner in which the internalisation of traditional gender norms affects women's parliamentary behaviour, as few champion women's rights in the legislatures of the region. The article also finds that links between women MPs and women's organisations are weak and fragmented, making coalition-building around agendas for women's rights problematic.

Language:

Czech

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

979-1004 and 17-42

Source:

Sociologický časopis | 2005 Volume:41 | Number:6

Harvested from:

CDK

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