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Beyond the Usual Suspects: Non-Left, Male and Non-Feminist MPs and the Substantive Representation of Women

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Celis, Karen [Vrije Universiteit Brussel] Erzeel, Silvia [UCL]

The focus on female MPs and leftist and feminist issues in traditional studies of women's substantive representation has supported the overall conclusion that women, feminists and left-wing parties promote women's interests in parliament. But our analysis of the ‘critical actors’ in women's substantive representation in 10 European countries confirms this finding only to a certain extent. Our inductive research design reveals an important group of less obvious actors: non-left, non-feminist and male MPs. That they speak out on behalf of women points to the necessity of revisiting our theories on women's substantive representation.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès interdit
Publication date 2015
Language Anglais
Journal information "Government and Opposition : an international journal of comparative politics" - Vol. 50, no. 1, p. 45-64
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Cambridge University Press ((United Kingdom) Cambridge)
issn 0017-257X
e-issn 1477-7053
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/SPLE - Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe
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Bibliographic reference Celis, Karen ; Erzeel, Silvia. Beyond the Usual Suspects: Non-Left, Male and Non-Feminist MPs and the Substantive Representation of Women. In: Government and Opposition : an international journal of comparative politics, Vol. 50, no. 1, p. 45-64
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/137119