Women’s Parliamentary Representation in the Czech Republic: Does Preference Voting Matter?

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Stegmaier, M. - Tosun, J. - Vlachová, Klára
Women’s Parliamentary Representation in the Czech Republic: Does Preference Voting Matter?
East European Politics and Societies. Roč. 28, č. 1 (2014), s. 187-204. ISSN 0888-3254. E-ISSN 1533-8371
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378025
Klíčová slova: Czech Republic * parliament * female representation
Kód oboru RIV: AD - Politologie a politické vědy
Impakt faktor: 0.437, rok: 2014
http://eep.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/07/22/0888325413494771.full.pdf+html

After the initial post-communist drop in representation, the proportion of female members of parliament (MPs) hovered around 15 percent for nearly 15 years. However, in the 2010 parliamentary election, something happened. After years of little change, the percentage of women MPs jumped from 15.5 percent to 22 percent. Here, we conceive the 2010 elections as a “natural experiment” and discuss the primary factors that produced such an increase: the change in preference voting rules, activities of non-governmental organizations, and the political context surrounding the election.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0225093