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Women in Politics: Portugal as a case study

Literature Item

Literature Item

Author Information:

  • Name: Maria Sousa Galito (CESA/CSG/ ISEG)
  • Email: maria.sousa.galito@gmail.com
  • Website: https://csg.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/member/mgalito/
  • Abstract:

    Democracy is about the power of people and women are majoritarian in society, therefore, they have been claiming for more rights and more representativeness in politics for a long time. After running for office, some have become political representatives only by merit and constant struggle. Others got their chance after the legalization of female quotas and targets. The system has gone a long way since ladies were recognized the right to vote. The evolution of women’s empowerment is the focus of this paper that tries to analyze the main characteristics, causes and effects of this process, based on theory and world references or statistics. Portugal was chosen as a case study for not being much researched or not sufficiently so far.

    Keywords:

    politics, political power, deputies, ministers, democracy

    Dates:

    Jan. 1, 2018 - None

    Source Specificity:

    Initiative/Practice/Project/Programme/Case Studies

    Website:

    https://cesa.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/RePEc/cav/cavwpp/wp173.pdf

    Power Domains:

    Political

    Methods Tools:

    Monitoring

    Country:

    PT

    City:

    unspecified

    Implementation Scale:

    national

    Language:

    Portuguese

    Other Links:

    https://cesa.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/RePEc/cav/cavwpp/wp173.pdf
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