Southwell, Priscilla Lewis (2013) Gender parity laws in France have been undermined by electoral reforms which work against female candidates. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (13 Sep 2013). Website.
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Abstract
France passed gender parity laws in 2000 stating that all political parties should include equal numbers of men and women on party lists. Priscilla Lewis Southwell writes that despite the new laws leading to an initial increase in female representatives, this growth has stalled in recent elections. She argues that one of the major reasons for this is that France also implemented a number of additional electoral reforms in 2003 which undermined the effectiveness of gender parity rules. She calculates that the reforms may have prevented as many as 38 female candidates from being elected since 2001.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2017 13:48 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 19:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72407 |
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