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WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT: THE CAUSES OF UNDERREPRESENTATION EXEMPLIFIED BY DENMARK AND NORWAY IN THE 1960s *
Author(s) -
FOVERSKOV PETER
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1978.tb00549.x
Subject(s) - nomination , parliament , politics , position (finance) , phenomenon , political science , resource (disambiguation) , political process , demographic economics , process (computing) , sociology , gender studies , law , business , economics , computer network , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
The general phenomenon in Western societies of female underrepresentation is one of the results of the process of political recruitment. This article seeks to identify the causes of female underrepresentation by analysing the effect of traditional recruitment variables like level of education, occupational position and political experience on the relationship between sex and electoral success. The factors influencing the nomination of candidates for the elections are also briefly analysed. The analysis is limited to the recruitment to national parliaments in Denmark and Norway in the 1960s. The conclusion is that sex must be conceived as a resource in the process of political recruitment on a par with the traditional resources included in the theoretical frameworks of political recruitment.