Research Catalog

Title

Gender equality in politics : implementing party quotas in Germany and Austria / Petra Ahrens, Katja Chmilewski, Sabine Lang, Birgit Sauer.

Author

Ahrens, Petra

Publication

• Cham : Springer, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Chmilewski, Katja
• Lang, Sabine, 1959-
• Sauer, Birgit

Description

xi, 136 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

This book provides a timely and unique contribution to current debates on how effectively voluntary party quotas address the persistent underrepresentation of women in legislatures. Using a most similar case design and a mixed-methods approach, the authors draw attention to the ways in which electoral systems and party regulations interface with voluntary party quotas in Germany and Austria. All quota parties in these countries support the goal of equal participation of women and men in elected office, and quotas are presented as a means to precisely that end. In order to assess parties commitment to their declared goals, and the effectiveness of quotas, the book introduces the concept of the post-quota gender gap and defines it as the difference between a partys adopted quota and the actual share of women in legislative bodies at the national and regional level. Complementing the existing literature on recruitment and socio-cultural legacies, the authors argue that the problem of voluntary party quotas lies at the intersection of party quota design and electoral law. Either parties need to design quotas that actually work within a given electoral system, or we need legislative action geared toward advancing parity not just in candidate selection, but in the composition of legislatures. The book draws on gendered candidate and election data, on the party statutes of federal and state-level party organizations, and on interviews with party officials and party womens organizations.

Series Statement

SpringerBriefs in political science, 2191-5474

Uniform Title

SpringerBriefs in political science.

Subject

• Women > Political activity > Germany
• Women > Political activity > Austria
• Political parties > Germany
• Political parties > Austria
• Political parties
• Women > Political activity
• Austria
• Germany

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-136).

Contents

Introducing the Cross-National Comparison of Quotas -- Contextualizing Quotas: The Political Systems of Germany and Austria -- The History of Electoral Gender Quotas -- The Post-Quota Gender Gap: Standard Explanations -- Institutional Quota Roadblocks on the Federal Level -- Institutional Quota Roadblocks on the Land Level -- Conclusion: The Long Road to Parity in Politics.

Call Number

JFE 21-5152

ISBN

• 9783030348946
• 3030348946

LCCN

9783030348946

OCLC

1149329473

Author

Ahrens, Petra, author.

Title

Gender equality in politics : implementing party quotas in Germany and Austria / Petra Ahrens, Katja Chmilewski, Sabine Lang, Birgit Sauer.

Publisher

Cham : Springer, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

SpringerBriefs in political science, 2191-5474

SpringerBriefs in political science.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-136).

Added Author

Chmilewski, Katja, author.

Lang, Sabine, 1959- author.

Sauer, Birgit, author.

Other Form:

9783030348953 e-book version

Other Standard Identifier

9783030348946

Research Call Number

JFE 21-5152