The complicated relationship between sex, gender and the substantive representation of women

被引：40

作者：

Childs, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bristol, Dept Polit, Bristol BS8 1TU, Avon, England

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WOMENS STUDIES | 2006年 / 13卷 / 01期

关键词：

British politics; gender; New Labour; sex; women's descriptive and substantive representation;

D O I：

10.1177/1350506806060003

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Simply counting the numbers of women present in politics is an inadequate basis for theorizing the difference they might make. Drawing on research on British MPs (interviews with Labour women MPs first elected in 1997, analysis of Labour MPs' voting behaviour and signing of early day motions in the 1997 parliament, and MPs' participation in parliamentary debates accompanying the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act), this article shows how insights gained from empirical research can inform and improve our theorizing. It suggests that the relationship between women's descriptive and substantive representation is better conceived as complicated rather than straightforward.

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