Nonmainstream left parties and women’s representation in Western Europe
Nonmainstream left parties and women’s representation in Western Europe
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西欧非主流左翼政党和妇女代表
DOI：
10.1177/1354068816663037
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Tània Verge
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作者：
D. Keith;Tània Verge
意识形态是解释政党中妇女代表人数的最相关变量之一。虽然左翼政党通常是表现最好的政党，但现有的研究往往忽视了左翼集团的多样性，主要集中在主流左翼政党，即社会民主党。然而，左翼也包括绿色政党和激进左翼政党。本文分析了整个西欧这个主要是异质性的政党集团内部存在的差异。特别是，它探讨了激进左翼和绿色政党的不同意识形态背景如何导致参与女权主义的不同方式，在其队伍中组织妇女的不同形式以及对性别配额的不同立场。这些因素决定了妇女在公职和政党决策职位上的代表人数的不同水平。总的来说，我们发现意识形态比地理区域更能决定代表性。我们的调查结果还显示，不同政党的子集团在当选妇女在政党和公职中所占的比例方面有很大的趋同。
Ideology is one of the most relevant variables in explaining the level of women’s representation attained by political parties. While left-wing parties are typically the best performers, extant research has tended to overlook the diversity of the left block and predominantly focused on mainstream left-wing political parties, namely the Social Democrats. Yet, the Left also includes both Green parties and radical left parties. This article analyzes the differences that exist within this largely heterogeneous group of parties across Western Europe. In particular, it explores how the diverse ideological background of radical left and Green parties leads to varied ways of engaging with feminism, diverse forms of organizing women within their ranks as well as dissimilar positions toward gender quotas. These shape different levels of women’s numerical representation in public office and in party decision-making positions. Generally, we find that ideology is a greater determinant of representation than geographical region. Our findings also show a significant convergence among distinct party subgroups in terms of their share of elected women in both party and public office.