A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Cover Image

КРИТИЧКИ ОСВРТ НА ПРОБЛЕМ РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЈЕ ЖЕНА У ПОЛИТИЧКИМ ИНСТИТУЦИЈАМА
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

Author(s): Lilijana Čičkarić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Evaluation research, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: women; political institutions; politial parties; political representation;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a brief and critical review of current research of political representation of women. Is the number of women in political institutions represents the indicator of development of democratic society and what influences the increase of number of women active participants in the political institutions? Different approaches to the definition and types of political representation are examined, with special emphasis on the relationship between descriptive and substantive representation. The effects of various political factors that determine the presence of women in institutions are considered - the electoral system, the internal organization of parties, selection and recruitment, intra-party rules and lobbying, party magnitude, open/closed electoral lists, voting behavior and the quota system.

  • Issue Year: 47/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 597-614
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian