'Generally, the discussion of the democratic deficit of the European Union (EU) is concentrated on issues of representation and institutional design. A widely neglected topic is the political participation of women. This paper explores the democratic deficit in the EU from a perspective of representativity as a core element of democracy. Based on the normative assumption of parity democracy the author examines the various political institutions of the EU and the underrepresentation of women in elected and decision-making posts therein. She argues that the discussion about the democratic deficit will remain incomplete until women's political underrepresentation is regarded as a serious problem for a democratic 'Union of the citizens'. The au...
The descriptive representation of women has increased greatly over the last decades. This thesis arg...
The question whether the European citizens are fully represented democratically in the institutional...
This paper studies the democratic deficit in the European Union (EU). It examines what constitutes a...
The EU has often been accused of having a democratic deficit with respect to deficiencies in the rep...
This project examines political representation in the European Union (EU) from a gender-balance pers...
In this paper I aim to address a number of gaps in the current literature on women's political repre...
In this paper I aim to address a number of gaps in the current literature on women's political repre...
Gender equality is a very important social value, which has a long-lasting tradition in European Uni...
Procedures for raising the number of female politicians in parliaments and governments have been a k...
This paper studies the democratic deficit in the European Union (EU). It examines what constitutes a...
Is version of the Special Issue of Journal of European Integration, 2013, Vol. 35, No. 5This book ex...
In a well-functioning democracy, public policy should not systematically reflect the preferences of ...
More and more countries implement quotas and install women's policy agencies as an answer to the und...
In recent years the concept of parity democracy has rapidly risen up the European political agenda. ...
More and more countries implement quotas and install women's policy agencies as an answer to the und...
The descriptive representation of women has increased greatly over the last decades. This thesis arg...
The question whether the European citizens are fully represented democratically in the institutional...
This paper studies the democratic deficit in the European Union (EU). It examines what constitutes a...
The EU has often been accused of having a democratic deficit with respect to deficiencies in the rep...
This project examines political representation in the European Union (EU) from a gender-balance pers...
In this paper I aim to address a number of gaps in the current literature on women's political repre...
In this paper I aim to address a number of gaps in the current literature on women's political repre...
Gender equality is a very important social value, which has a long-lasting tradition in European Uni...
Procedures for raising the number of female politicians in parliaments and governments have been a k...
This paper studies the democratic deficit in the European Union (EU). It examines what constitutes a...
Is version of the Special Issue of Journal of European Integration, 2013, Vol. 35, No. 5This book ex...
In a well-functioning democracy, public policy should not systematically reflect the preferences of ...
More and more countries implement quotas and install women's policy agencies as an answer to the und...
In recent years the concept of parity democracy has rapidly risen up the European political agenda. ...
More and more countries implement quotas and install women's policy agencies as an answer to the und...
The descriptive representation of women has increased greatly over the last decades. This thesis arg...
The question whether the European citizens are fully represented democratically in the institutional...
This paper studies the democratic deficit in the European Union (EU). It examines what constitutes a...