Women in parliament

Assessing the effectiveness of gender quotas in Poland

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6292469
AutoresAnna Gwiazda (0000-0002-2853-2194, King's College London, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume23
Fascículo3
Páginas326-347
Data de publicação2017-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Legislative Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1357-2334 • E-ISSN: 1743-9337
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13572334.2017.1358981
OpenAlexW2741436801
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas41

Gender quotas aim to increase women’s parliamentary representation. However, the effectiveness of quotas varies. This article explores this issue further by examining the case of Poland, where gender quotas were introduced in 2011. The Polish case presents an interesting puzzle. Although the overall number of women candidates increased almost twofold in comparison with the pre-quota period, this translated into only a slight increase in the number of women deputies in 2011 and 2015. Hence, the impact of quotas was limited. However, the partisan analysis shows that there was a significant variation among individual parties: whereas some parties promoted wholeheartedly women’s access to political office, other parties did not facilitate it. By drawing on rational choice institutionalism, this article shows that institutions and preferences of political parties matter for the effectiveness of gender quotas. In the case of ineffective gender quota policy, political parties have a final say in women’s parliamentary representation

Demographic economics · Economics · Institutionalism · New institutionalism · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies