ÜVEGPLAFONOK. PÁRTOK LENT ÉS FENT
GLASS CEILINGS. PARTIES ON THE TOP AND BELOW

Summary/Abstract: The article diagnoses a low level of female political presence in Hungary both in national and local politics. This requires an explanation, particularly in face of comparative fi gures in other East-Central European countries and also due to the cemented nature of the situation. In harmony with more recent approaches of gender academic research the article seeks to identify the critical actor in this respect. It argues that it is the parties’ candidate selection strategies and their repulsive behaviour with respect to attempts to increase female political participation that are largely responsible for gender glass ceilings. These are not visible obstacles but are present nationally and locally and in the gender hierarchy in each context.

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