Kvinnors politiska representation i postsovjetiska republiker
2018 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Women's Political Representation in Post-Soviet Republics (English)
Abstract [en]
The purpose of this essay is to analyse and systematically describe the spatial variance of women's political representation in national parliaments of post-Soviet republics. The study aims to explain the spatial variance through scrutinizing theoretical explanation factors of women's political representation. The main question that this study revolves around is:
- How can the spatial variance of women's political representation in national parliaments of post-Soviet states be explained?
The essay uses a statistical and comparative method to answer the question. The study is of a quantitative nature and uses both an explorative and a descriptive approach. The statistical analysis used in this study is bivariate analysis and linear regression analysis.
The result indicates that there is a great variance in the number of female parliamentarians between the post-Soviet countries. It is slightly higher for the group of post-Soviet countries located within Europe. The result implies that traditional theoretical explanation models cannot entirely be adapted to post-Soviet republics. In this study we found positive correlation between the number of female parliamentarians and majority electoral system and social-economic development. Furthermore, negative correlation was found between gender quotas and democratic level.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. , p. 56
Keywords [en]
Female Representation, Women's Political Representation, National Level, Post-Soviet
Keywords [sv]
Kvinnorepresentation, Kvinnors politiska representation, Nationell nivå, Post-Sovjet
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-150379ISRN: LIU-IEI-FIL-G--18/02013--SEOAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-150379DiVA, id: diva2:1240510
Subject / course
Bachelor Thesis in Political Science
Presentation
(Swedish)
Supervisors
Examiners
2019-05-162018-08-212019-05-16Bibliographically approved