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

• Karen Celis ^[1] ; Silvia Erzeel ^[2]
  1. [1] Vrije Universiteit Brussel

     Vrije Universiteit Brussel

     Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Bélgica

     
  2. [2] Université Catholique de Louvain

     Université Catholique de Louvain

     Arrondissement de Nivelles, Bélgica

     
• Localización: Government and opposition: An international journal of comparative politics, ISSN 0017-257X, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 45-64
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.