'Political variables' and feminine representation: what kind of influence? Comments from the uruguayan case

Authors

  • Verónica Pérez Universidad de la República

Keywords:

Electoral systems, Political parties, Women

Abstract

The factors affecting women’s presence in office are several and of different kind. Without ignoring the multicausality implied in every social phenomenon, the article focuses on the influence that typical variables of a political system have on this particular phenomenon. With that purpose, it resorts to some examples related to the Uruguayan case. The approach used here considers that the rules of a political system are not neutral. On the contrary, they have direct consequences on political parties’ strategies of candidate selection, determining a greater or smaller social bias in the composition of candidacies and, therefore, of government branches. Thus, if the problems for the access of more women are political, short-term solutions should also be of the same nature.

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Author Biography

Verónica Pérez, Universidad de la República

Candidata a Magíster en Ciencia Política y licenciada en Ciencia Política por la Universidad de la República. Actualmente es ayudante de investigación en el Instituto de Ciencia Política (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UdelaR) y consultora independiente en temas de género para distintas instituciones, entre las que se destacan el Instituto Nacional de la Mujeres del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social.

Published

2017-11-23

How to Cite

Pérez, V. (2017). ’Political variables’ and feminine representation: what kind of influence? Comments from the uruguayan case. Colección, (18-19), 119–142. Retrieved from https://e-revistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/COLEC/article/view/809

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Research Articles