L6 Recap and design

Question 1

Quota

Answer 1

most significant reform, takes many variations (legislative, voluntary, parity)

hard/soft implementation

why? = women lobby, party competition, values, international pressure…

Question 2

Verge & de la Fuente: quota transforming power balance within Catalan parties?

Answer 2

F = definition of valuable merit/skills unchanged (masculine behaviour/full-time/segregated)

Informal practices sustain subordination - quota is not all that matters

Question 3

Feminist Democratic Representation? Key Features

Answer 3

Presence is not enough - there is a need for passionate+partial advocacy, fair+just deliberation, strong accountability.

FDR proposes affective representatives of women (new parliamentary groups, group advocacy, and account giving) to open new pathways of dialogue between citizens and law makers

Question 4

Feminist Democratic Representation? How it works