Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2005, 6 (2): 25-30

Mechanism of Exclusion and Inclusion of Women in Politics in the Czech Republic

Petra Rakušanová

The article deals with causes of lower involvement of women in political functions in the Czech Republic. The author identifies three sets of significant factors: institutional, socioeconomic and political cultural. Her approach is based on the model proposed by Pippa Norris to explain ratio of women in political functions in western European states, which involves both institutional and social factors that influence women's political participation. Thus, the author focuses on institutional rules that constitute barriers of entry of women in political functions. Furthermore, she studies an influence of ways of functioning of political parties that affect the level of gender equality in political representation. Finally, she examines attitudes of Czech public and particularly Czech women to women's political participation as well as reflexion of the lower political representation of women in the public discourse.

Keywords: Women in politics, Political parties, Institutional rules

Published: June 1, 2005Show citation

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Rakušanová, Petra. 2005. "Mechanism of Exclusion and Inclusion of Women in Politics in the Czech Republic." Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 6(2):25-30.
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