Who Takes the Parliamentary Floor? The Pole of Gender in Speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag

被引:130
作者
Back, Hanna [1 ]
Debus, Marc [2 ]
Mueller, Jochen [3 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
[2] Univ Mannheim, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany
[3] Univ Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England
关键词
parliamentary speeches; gender; policy areas; Swedish Riksdag; WOMENS REPRESENTATION; VOTE-SEEKING; LEGISLATURES; INCENTIVES; QUESTIONS; CANDIDATE; POLITICS; SYSTEMS; POLICY; AGENDA;
D O I
10.1177/1065912914525861
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Legislative speeches are an important instrument for parties and members of parliament (MPs) to signal their positions and priorities. This raises the question of who speaks when. We evaluate whether a MP's presence on the floor depends on his or her gender. We hypothesize that female MPs give in general less speeches in parliament and that this pattern results from debates dealing with "harder" policy issues. Our expectations are supported when analyzing a new data set containing information on the number and content of speeches given in the Swedish Riksdag between 2002 and 2010.
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页码:504 / 518
页数:15
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