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Women's Representation across Different Generations: A Longitudinal Analysis of the European Parliament

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  • Daniel Stockemer
  • Aksel Sundström

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In this article, we focus on generational differences in women's representation and hypothesize that younger generations of women should be more highly represented than older generations, both in general and within the same parliament. We tested this hypothesis with data on all members who have ever served in the European Parliament since 1979. Of the four generations who have ever served in Brussels and Strasbourg – the World War II generation, the 1968 generation, the post‐1968 generation and the post‐materialist generation – we found both that women's representation increased with every generation and that their representation differs between generations within the same parliament. Finally, our results indicate that while these processes occurred roughly one generation later in eastern and southern Europe, yet, they happened faster in these parts of the European Union.

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  • Daniel Stockemer & Aksel Sundström, 2019. "Women's Representation across Different Generations: A Longitudinal Analysis of the European Parliament," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(4), pages 823-837, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:57:y:2019:i:4:p:823-837
    DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12848
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    1. Daniel Stockemer, 2011. "Women's Parliamentary Representation in Africa: The Impact of Democracy and Corruption on the Number of Female Deputies in National Parliaments," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 59(3), pages 693-712, October.
    2. James Tilley, 2002. "Political generations and partisanship in the UK, 1964–1997," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 165(1), pages 121-135, February.
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