Locating gendered representation in European Union Member States

Daniel, William; Aldrich, Andrea

Abstract

While the EU does not set specific legal requirements for its member states’ electoral systems, it is perhaps one of the world’s best learning laboratories for comparing the effects of electoral design. The EU is also, in many ways, a leader in the policy space of gendered representation — with a proportionality principle roughly applied across the Commission and Court of Justice, as well as one of the most descriptively representative spaces for female legislators in the European Parliament. In this chapter, we assess the role of the EU in the promotion of women’s descriptive representation. Using the broad variation found in national electoral laws and party organization guiding policies, we are able to assess how national expectations of gendered representation commingle within the EU legal space. In doing so, our work brings to light new descriptive information on the state of gendered representation at the EU, national, and party levels of Europe.

Citation

Daniel, W., & Aldrich, A. (2020). Locating gendered representation in European Union Member States. In P. J. Cardwell, & M.-P. Granger (Eds.), Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law (126-143). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788971287.00016

• Online Publication Date: Jul 24, 2020
• Publication Date: Jul 24, 2020
• Deposit Date: Apr 21, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 25, 2021
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Pages: 126-143
• Series Title: Research Handbooks in Law and Politics
• Book Title: Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law
• Chapter Number: 8
• ISBN: 9781788971270
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788971287.00016
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4324405
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• Additional Information: This is a draft chapter. The final version is available in Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law edited by Paul James Cardwell, Marie-Pierre Granger, published in 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd; https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788971287; ; The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.
• Contract Date: Mar 31, 2020