West Side Story in a Post-Communist Parliament: Effect of Gender on Legislative Behaviour of MPs

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/pp.2020.25.2.2" target="_blank" >10.14746/pp.2020.25.2.2</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

West Side Story in a Post-Communist Parliament: Effect of Gender on Legislative Behaviour of MPs

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

There is vast evidence that gender influences the legislative behaviour of MPs. Nonetheless, as most of the findings come from Western Europe, one may ask whether such effects take place similarly also in post-communist parliaments. Since the two regions experienced different gender-related history, a negative answer suggests itself. By contrast, this first complex research on the issue conducted in a post-communist country demonstrates the opposite. It employs parliamentary activity of representatives in the Czech Republic between 1993 and 2017 as a research case. Results of the analysis show that although female MPs speak less, they receive more positions in intra-parliamentary bodies than male deputies. Moreover, a majority of committees are far from being gender-neutral as male and female legislators have significantly different chances of becoming their members. Overall, the results suggest that gender influences MPs&apos; parliamentary behaviour even in post-communist countries, and surprisingly similarly to Western Europe.

Název v anglickém jazyce

West Side Story in a Post-Communist Parliament: Effect of Gender on Legislative Behaviour of MPs

Popis výsledku anglicky

There is vast evidence that gender influences the legislative behaviour of MPs. Nonetheless, as most of the findings come from Western Europe, one may ask whether such effects take place similarly also in post-communist parliaments. Since the two regions experienced different gender-related history, a negative answer suggests itself. By contrast, this first complex research on the issue conducted in a post-communist country demonstrates the opposite. It employs parliamentary activity of representatives in the Czech Republic between 1993 and 2017 as a research case. Results of the analysis show that although female MPs speak less, they receive more positions in intra-parliamentary bodies than male deputies. Moreover, a majority of committees are far from being gender-neutral as male and female legislators have significantly different chances of becoming their members. Overall, the results suggest that gender influences MPs&apos; parliamentary behaviour even in post-communist countries, and surprisingly similarly to Western Europe.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Political Science Review

ISSN

1426-8876

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

21-43

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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