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Exploring the conditions for youth representation: a qualitative comparative analysis of party parliamentary groups
Research on the underrepresentation of youth in parliaments has rarely focused on political parties. This is surprising as parties are central in the...
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The Pitkinian public: representation in the eyes of citizens
Democracy is backsliding in Europe and around the world as citizens’ trust in elected representatives and institutions wanes. Representation theories...
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Analyses of the Overrepresentations of Large Parties in Proportional Representation Blocs
Chapter 6 addresses the hindering of proportional representation’s operation of rewarding each party for a share...
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Illustrations of Overworking Single-Member Constituencies and Underproportionate Proportional Representation Blocs
Chapter 9 illustrates the single-member constituencies in Hiroshima Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture and the...
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Intersectional Representation: Theory and Practice
Chapter 2 describes the intersectional representation framework theoretically and empirically. The...
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Can Deliberative Participatory Fora Cure Representation Gaps in France and Germany?
The French and the German national parliaments are dominated by highly educated, older, and mostly male politicians. There are growing calls for...
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Why does political representation of the marginalised matter? Teaching classic literature using intersectional and decolonial approaches
Political theorists and scientists have published extensive scholarship on the political representation of the marginalised. Some notable and widely...
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Studying dimensions of representation: introducing the Belgian RepResent panel (2019–2021)
This research note presents the RepResent Belgian Panel (RBP). The RBP is a voter panel survey consisting of four waves fielded to a sample of voters...
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Legislative Quotas and Political Representation in Serbia
The aim of this chapter is to analyze why and how Serbia has succeeded in increasing women’s parliamentary representation, with a focus on the...
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“Standing for” Representation: LGBQ Politicians and Descriptive Representation
This chapter focuses on symbolic representation. The argument developed in this chapter is that out LGBQ MLAs and MPs represent LGBTQ people and...
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Women’s Representation and the Gendered Impact of COVID-19 in Japan
This chapter examines women’s representation in the Japan. In the economic realm, Womenomics implemented under the Abe regime made several meaningful...
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Mixed Election Systems Combining Electoral Districts with Proportional Representation Elections
Several nations combine single-member electoral districts with proportional representation in a dual system for the election of members of the lower...
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Proportional Representation and Electing Nationwide
A handful of democracies conduct only nationwide elections for the unicameral or lower chamber of its national legislature. These include Kazakhstan...
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The Constitution of Ghana’s Fourth Republic and the Implications for Women’s Representation in Politics
Around Africa, political transitions (and new constitutions) in the 1990s and constitution reform processes in the 2010s provided the political...
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Do Women Always Represent Women? The Effects of Gender Quotas on Substantive Representation
Although studies show that the increasing number of women in the legislature has led to greater representation in social policies, it is often...
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Limiting University Graduates’ Access to legal representation as a Problem of Modern Legal Education
The article offers a broad overview and comparative analysis of legal training and the provision of judicial representation status in European...
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Government and Politics: Changes to Representation in Political Transition Arenas
This chapter takes a deeper look into transitions relating to our second New Economy ‘tribe’ under investigation, Government and Politics. Government...
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Practices and Strategies of Gender Representation in Danish Political Parties: Dilemmas of “Everyday Democracy”
Denmark is characterized as a non-quota country and a Nordic enfant terrible when it comes to women’s political representation. Women’s...
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Democratic Representation and the Nature of Political Parties
The term “representation” is polysemic, meaning, among other things, reproduction, delegation or mandate. However, representation may also imply a...
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Majoritarian Politics and the Representation of India’s Muslims
Democratic theoryDemocratic theory has of late focused considerable attention on political representationRepresentativespolitical, thereby opening up...