Doing politics differently
The establishment of cross-party caucuses by women councillors in Irish local government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Mcging (0000-0001-5613-759X, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), Dublin, Ireland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 499-523 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907184.2022.2078034 |
| OpenAlex | W4281558248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article examines the development of caucuses by women councillors in Irish local government in the wake of the 2017 launch of a caucus for women members of the Oireachtas. The multi-method research offers a rich, gendered assessment of the factors which enable and constrain the establishment and operations of caucuses for women councillors and it places a particular focus on the first local caucuses established in the country (Limerick City and County [2019] and Dublin City [2020]). Local government in Ireland provides a unique opportunity to support such an investigation as partisanship is less significant there than it is at the national level. The research illuminates the circumstances under which we can expect locally elected women of different parties and ideologies to come together in order to cooperate. Enabling circumstances include a high level of interest and gender consciousness among women councillors – with new women identified as key players – and the presence of a caucus entrepreneur and a dedicated secretariat. Importantly, the study demonstrates how geographical differences in women’s representation impact on caucuses and posits that caucus structures are not necessarily feminist or intersectional spaces. The article makes an important contribution to global research in this area which tends to focus on caucuses in national parliaments
Irish · Local government · Political science · Politics · Gender Politics and Representation · Irish and British Studies · Law · Public Administration
Methods and Methodologies
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Political Representation
Finding a space for women’s intersectionality? A review of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians
Gender mainstreaming and the substantive representation of women
The adoption of women’s legislative caucuses worldwide
Local government in the Republic of Ireland
Feminist Triangles
Critical Mass, Deliberation and the Substantive Representation of Women
A New Way of Doing Politics? Cross-Party Women's Caucuses as Critical Actors in Uganda and Uruguay
Specialised Parliamentary Bodies and the Quality of Women's Substantive Representation
Specialised Parliamentary Bodies
Numbers and Newness
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |