The quota debate in the Czech Republic and the post-communist
legacy

J 2022

The quota debate in the Czech Republic and the post-communist legacy

HRBKOVÁ, Lenka a Zuzana FELLEGI

Základní údaje

Originální název

The quota debate in the Czech Republic and the post-communist legacy

Autoři

HRBKOVÁ, Lenka a Zuzana FELLEGI

Vydání

Women's Studies International Forum, Oxford, Elsevier, 2022, 0277-5395

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.400

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/22:00129187

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102645

UT WoS

000869021000001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85138798461

Klíčová slova anglicky

Gender quotas; Political discourse; Czech Republic; CEE region; Post-communist countries

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 6. 3. 2023 12:56, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Most countries currently use some type of legislative or voluntary party quota to increase women's descriptive representation. The Czech Republic, however, despite low female parliamentary representation and three unsuccessful legislative proposals, has never adopted any quota mechanism, and all relevant political parties are reluctant to use voluntary party quotas. The aim of this paper is to present the arguments employed in the Czech quota debate and identify the reasons for such attitudes. We study the quota debate based on elite attitudes through media analysis and interviews with politicians from across the political spectrum. We find that most politicians do not support quotas. The quota debate is dominated by liberal individualist discourses of quotas as "offensive and humiliating" and unable to solve the problem of underrepresentation caused by "women's lack of interest in electoral politics". We find that many women politicians internalize the dominant negative quota arguments which prevent them from requesting institutional change and pressing for qouta measures in their own parties. We connect the findings with historical and political experiences that could provide important insights into quota reluctance in other post-communist countries.

Návaznosti

GA21-33896S, projekt VaV

Název: Ženy jako občané a politici v Evropě (Akronym: Women as Citizens and Politicians in Europe)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Women as Citizens and Politicians in Europe

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The_quota_debate_in_the_Czech_Republic_and_the_postcommunist_legacy.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

HRBKOVÁ, Lenka a Zuzana FELLEGI. The quota debate in the Czech Republic and the post-communist legacy. Women's Studies International Forum. Oxford: Elsevier, 2022, roč. 95, November-December, s. 1-9. ISSN 0277-5395. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102645.

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HRBKOVÁ, Lenka a Zuzana FELLEGI. The quota debate in the Czech Republic and the post-communist legacy. \textit{Women's Studies International Forum}. Oxford: Elsevier, 2022, roč.~95, November-December, s.~1-9. ISSN~0277-5395. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102645.

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