Bringing Diversity to Parliament? How gender and party-level quotas impact the content of parliamentary speech

• In Event: European Parliamentary and Executive Politics

Brief Overview

We argue that party-level quotas for women lead to MPs that express fewer distinctive priorities in parliament in contrast to women in parliaments without quotas and examine evidence from 28 European parliaments.

Authors

• Zachary David Greene, University of Strathclyde

• Maarja Luhiste, Newcastle University (UK)

• Christine Anne Sylvester, University of Strathclyde