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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Women, Politics and Policy Année : 2018

Explaining Gender Gaps in Legislative Committees

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Legislative committees are often the epicenter of parliamentary influence, so their composition matters. Men are widely overrepresented in prestigious, influential committees, with women concentrated in low-status committees. These gender gaps have repercussions for power, visibility, careers, and policy outcomes. Yet the puzzle of why committees are gendered remains unsolved. Combining insights from quantitative and qualitative methods, we offer two major advances. We develop the literature on committee allocations, providing the first comprehensive gendered analysis. And we show how gender permeates all aspects of political careers from socialization to the political summit, leading to deep-rooted inequalities of power, influence, and opportunity.
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Rainbow Murray, Réjane Sénac. Explaining Gender Gaps in Legislative Committees. Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, 2018, 39 (3), pp.310 - 335. ⟨hal-02403968⟩
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