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Mechanizmy zwiększania partycypacji kobiet w wyborach
The mechanisms for increasing women’s participation in elections

Author(s): Andrzej Stelmach
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: partycypacja polityczna; systemy wyborcze; frekwencja wyborcza; prawo wyborcze; aktywność polityczna kobiet; system kwotowy

Summary/Abstract: The degree to which women are represented in the organs of national authorities stirs considerable emotions. Proposals for legal regulations providing guarantees for the adequate representation of women in parliament are presented more and more often. The paper analyzes the means and methods for increasing women’s participation in politics, with particular attention placed on how this is provided for in electoral law. The paper places particular attention on the situation in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 7-24
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish