Ahead of Her Time
Eva Kolinsky and the Limits of German Gender Quotas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6262249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise K Davidson-Schmich (0000-0003-0832-3392, University of Miami, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 391-407 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644000701532734 |
| OpenAlex | W2002698244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
As German political parties began to implement gender quotas, Eva Kolinsky was sceptical whether such quotas could succeed in increasing women's presence in German legislatures. She predicted that women's unequal share of home and family responsibilities and their dislike of traditional political structures would limit the quotas' success. This article, written over a decade after Kolinsky's work, assesses the accuracy of her predictions. It finds her scepticism of gender quotas' ability to overcome women's perpetual political under-representation partially warranted. While quotas have had a positive effect on German women's political representation, they have not been quite as successful as initial observers had hoped. Kolinsky's concerns about the hindrances to women's political representation posed by their unequal share of household responsibilities and the male nature of German politics continue to explain this pattern. Although quotas alone have not been enough to ensure that German women hold an equal share of political power, they have been surprisingly effective, despite the persistence of indirect hurdles
Demographic economics · Economics · German · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Skepticism · Sociology · Work (physics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2018 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |