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Hanna Bäck

Professor

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Sweden : Biased Debate Participation with Nearly Equal Gender Representation

Författare

  • Hanna Bäck
  • Markus Baumann
  • Royce Carroll

Redaktör

  • Hanna Bäck
  • Marc Debus
  • Jorge M. Fernandes

Summary, in English

The Swedish Riksdag is often regarded as an ideal type for Scandinavian or Nordic parliamentarism. This relates to institutional features and party cohesion, but more often so to descriptive representation in terms of gender—an aspect where Sweden's parliament has consistently occupied the top position among European parliaments during the last decades. However, and despite an unlikely-case-character, previous research has shown that gender biases exist in Nordic parliaments and the Riksdag in particular. This chapter follows this research and evaluates how gender and seniority determine legislators' opportunities to speak in plenary debates. Our results show that the gender biases found in previous research persist to date and extend further to the past. Furthermore, low seniority amplifies the effect of gender; junior female legislators have the slimmest chances to speak in plenary debates.

Avdelning/ar

  • Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

Publiceringsår

2021

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

713-733

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

The Politics of Legislative Debates

Dokumenttyp

Del av eller Kapitel i bok

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Political Science

Nyckelord

  • legislative speech
  • floor access
  • gender representation
  • seniority
  • Riksdag

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 9780198849063