Sökning: "Substantive representation"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 30 uppsatser innehållade orden Substantive representation.
16. Are the Interests of Women Included in Times of Crisis? : A comparative study of the substantive representation of women during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southern African Region
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This study set out to answer how and to what extent the gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are addressed in parliamentary debates in the Southern African regional context. As both the proportion of women in parliament and the level of democracy have been established by previous research as important conditions for women to be able to act for women as a group, four countries with varying combinations of these factors are examined. LÄS MER
17. Life is unfair – but not without reason : A field study of Sri Lankan women’s struggle for equal political representation and influence
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This study investigates resistance against female local government politicians in Sri Lanka during their first year and a half as members of local government councils, as a result of the 25 % gender quota introduced in 2018. Further, the study investigates these newly elected female politicians’ perceived ability to influence local government politics; experienced substantive representation. LÄS MER
18. DOES WOMEN'S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT IMPROVE GENDER BALANCE IN PEACEKEEPING? A Large N Study of Troop Contributing Countries
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Although the United Nations has officially recognized an importance of women’s participation in peacekeeping, the number of female personnel remains low; thus, scholars have been investigating the factors that may facilitate a broader inclusion of women in peacekeeping operations. In order to contribute to the existing literature on the topic, this study examines whether one specific factor, a country’s level of women’s political empowerment, has an impact on the level of gender balance in its peacekeeping troops. LÄS MER
19. Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations and the Inclusion of Gender Provisions
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Are peace agreements more likely to include gender provisions if women participate in the peace negotiations? The international community, national governments and civil societies around the world have assumed that women’s inclusion in peace negotiations result in higher quality peace agreements, where women’s interests are better taken into consideration. To date, there is a lack of empirical underpinning of the assumption. LÄS MER
20. Är deskriptiv representation även en substantiell sådan? En kvantitativ studie av representationernas samband
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The relation between the descriptive and substantive representation has since its beginning been thought to be of the correlated kind, that having the former would also implicate having the latter - at least to some extent. What research has shown us is that the nature of the relation is not as straightforward as we once thought. LÄS MER
