What is it about?
How does the political gender gap evolve in the 17 Spanish regional chambers along 1980-2011? 1.- Is there a critical threshold of 30% of women in Spanish regional parliaments? 2.- Is the political gender gap lower for senior than for junior politicians in Spanish regional parliaments? 3.- Are women confined to less influential political positions in the legislative in Spanish regional parliaments?
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Why is it important?
We show several things that had not been shown for Spanish regional parliaments before: 1.- The theory of the 30% critical threshold of women works in Spain. Once attained, women do not fall below it. 2.- The political gender gap is lower for senior than for junior politicians in Spain. 3.- Women confined to less influential political positions in Spanish parliaments.
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Gender equality is one of the key political challenges today. We help to understand how it works in politics.
Andrés Santana
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
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This page is a summary of: Las parlamentarias regionales en España: masa crítica, experiencia parlamentaria e influencia política, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, January 2015, Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas,
DOI: 10.5477/cis/reis.149.111.
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Resources
¿Importa realmente la ideología de los partidos a la hora de feminizar los parlamentos?
Post en The Conversation sobre la relación entre ideología y presencia de las mujeres en los parlamentos
Bringing Party Ideology Back In: Do Left-Wing Parties Enhance the Share of Women MPs?
Research paper on the relationship between party ideology and the presence of women in parliaments. Published in Politics & Gender in 2018.
¿QUIÉN LIDERA Y QUIÉN VA A LA ZAGA? PARLAMENTARIAS EN LOS PARLAMENTOS AUTONÓMICOS ESPAÑOLES
In English and Spanish. Analyses of the very fast process of feminization of Spanish regional parliaments.
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