dc.contributor.author | Wängnerud, Lena | |
dc.contributor.author | Samanni, Marcus | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-21T13:29:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-21T13:29:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-12 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1653-8919 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/39082 | |
dc.description.abstract | There is a growing body of research acknowledging the lack of good cross-country
comparisons that contribute to the understanding of what drives change in society, i.e.
what make some countries more gender equal than others. In this essay, five
explanatory factors—the number of women in elected office, gender sensitive
legislation, the level of corruption, government effectiveness, and the level of
democracy in a country—are tested in a regression analysis. Gender equality refers to
women’s position in their everyday life. The results show that the well-established
notion that a high number of women in elected office is related to a high level of
gender equality has to be revised. We suggest that a current world-wide quota trend
has resulted in an increased divergence between the number of women in elected
office and the status of women in society more generally. | sv |
dc.language.iso | eng | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2009:28 | sv |
dc.relation.uri | http://qog.pol.gu.se/digitalAssets/1350/1350698_2009_28_wangnerud_samanni.pdf | sv |
dc.subject | gender equality | sv |
dc.subject | women in parliament | sv |
dc.subject | economic and social rights for women | sv |
dc.subject | corruption | sv |
dc.subject | government effectiveness | sv |
dc.subject | democracy | sv |
dc.title | Driving Forces behind Gender Equality - A Cross-Country Comparison | sv |
dc.type | Text | sv |
dc.contributor.organization | QoG Institute | sv |