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OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPECTATIONS The Gendered Organization of Legislative Committees in Germany, Sweden, and the United States

Literature Item

Author Information:

Name: Bolzendahl Catherine

Email: cbolzend@uci.edu

Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0891243214542429

Abstract:

As men and women increasingly share access to state power, there has been a question of whether women's rising descriptive representation leads to substantive change, and a sizable body of literature suggests it does. Using case studies of Germany, Sweden, and the United States, it was examined 40 years of data collected on legislative committees and memberships. This study reveals some similarities, where all committee systems emphasize gender-typed roles, particularly female legislators' greater segregation into social issue committees. Yet, gender is constructed differentially across these organizations, and the nations vary in the gender structure of their committee systems, degree of gender segregation and typing, and gendered relations of power and prestige. Implications for integrating theories of gender as an institution, gendered organizations, and feminist institutionalism are discussed.

Keywords:

gender, institutions, organizations, legislative committees, comparative research

Dates:

Jan. 8, 2014 - None

Source Specificity:

None, None, None

Website:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0891243214542429

Power Domains:

Political

Methods Tools:

Awareness-raising, Monitoring, Benchmarking

Country:

SE

City:

None

Implementation Scale:

international

Language:

English

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