Mulheres à esquerda e à direita: carreiras políticas e partidos políticos

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the socioeconomic and political profiles of the federal deputies elected in 2014. The aim is to answer the following questions: Which parties managed to elect women? Are there significant differences when considering the ideological spectrum? How was the distribution of these parliamentarians in the Federative Units? What is the profile of the elected women in relation to education, age and profession? How does the time of party affiliation relate to women from different parties? Is having kinship relationships with established politicians an important feature in this group? Our main hypothesis corroborates the thesis already enshrined in the literature that left-wing parliamentarians follow a long-standing trajectory within the same party, and that in order to win an elective office as a federal deputy, these politicians go through other positions, such as councilors, state deputies and, sometimes, mayors (SANTOS E SIERNA, 2007; MIGUEL, 2003). On the other hand, in the center and right parties it is possible to observe the use of shortcuts, such as political capital accumulated by other individuals and shared through kinship relations, so that the conquest of the position occurs at an early stage.