Mujeres y parlamentos entre dos siglosel caso de España

  1. Jerez Mir, Miguel Juan
  2. Delgado Sotillos, Irene
Journal:
Psicología Política

ISSN: 1138-0853

Year of publication: 2011

Issue Title: Mujer y política en la España del siglo XXI

Issue: 42

Pages: 89-116

Type: Article

More publications in: Psicología Política

Abstract

This article focuses on the analysis of the growing numerical presence of women in the Spanish Parliament during the last two decades. This phenomenon would be main-ly the result of specific strategies adopted by the main nationwide political parties so-me years earlier when drafting their lists for general elections. That implies that the re-cent introduction of gender quotas by the Spanish Cortes did not have a significant impact on equality, at least in the case of the low chamber. We first analyze the evolution of gender distributions in national parlia-ments around the world, particularly those of the European Union member states, in order to compare the Spanish experience with other countries.