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Representing their own? Ethnic minority women in the Dutch Parliament (the Netherlands)

Literature Item

Author Information:

Name: Liza M. Muggea, Daphne J. van der Pasa and Marc van de Wardt

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Abstract:

Ethnic minority women tend to be better represented in parliaments than ethnic minority men. What does this mean for their substantive representation? This article makes use of intersectional analysis to study how the relationship between descriptive and substantive representation differs within and between gender and ethnic groups. Drawing on written parliamentary questions and the committee memberships of MPs in seven parliamentary sessions (1995–2012) in the Netherlands, a strong link is found between descriptive and substantive representation. Female ethnic minority MPs more often sit on committees and table questions that address ethnic minority women’s interests than male ethnic minority and female ethnic majority MPs. The link, however, is fragile as it is based on a small number of active MPs. This demonstrates the importance of an intersectional approach to understanding how representation works in increasingly diverse parliaments, which cannot be captured by focusing on gender or ethnicity alone.

Keywords:

Women representation, Minorities, Parliamentary participation

Dates:

Jan. 1, 2019 - None

Source Specificity:

None, None, None

Website:

https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/40246970/Representing_their_own_Ethnic_minority_women_in_the_Dutch_Parliament.pdf

Power Domains:

Political

Methods Tools:

Awareness-raising

Country:

NL

City:

None

Implementation Scale:

national

Language:

English

Other Links:

DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1573036