What Factors Shape the Substantive Representation of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals in Parliament? Testing the Impact of Minority Membership, Political Values and Awareness

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliamentary Affairs Pub Date : 2021-05-05 DOI:10.1093/PA/GSAB033

Lea Ewe Bönisch

引用次数: 6

Abstract

The importance of minority parliamentarians for substantive representation is widely acknowledged, but little research exists on further explanations. By studying the substantive representation of the interests of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals (LGBs), this study analyses why parliamentarians stand in for interests of minorities with an invisible characteristic. A quantitative content analysis of more than 950,000 British and Irish parliamentary questions provides the basis for the analysis (2002–2017). The study considers parliamentarians’ characteristics as explanatory factors. The results indicate that parliamentary presence is vital for LGBs. However, the most active parliamentarians are non-minority members: political values and awareness are also at play. Moreover, there are differences between the two parliaments.

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是什么因素决定了女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋者在议会中的实质性代表性？测试少数群体成员、政治价值观和意识的影响

少数民族议员对实质性代表权的重要性得到广泛承认，但对进一步解释的研究很少。本研究通过研究女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋(LGBs)群体利益的实质代表，分析议员为何代表少数群体的利益具有一种无形的特征。对超过950,000个英国和爱尔兰议会问题的定量内容分析为分析(2002-2017)提供了基础。本研究将议员的特征作为解释因素。结果表明，议会席位对地方政府组织至关重要。然而，最活跃的议员是非少数民族成员:政治价值观和意识也在起作用。此外，两国议会之间也存在分歧。

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Parliamentary Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.00

自引率

8.30%

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期刊介绍： Parliamentary Affairs is an established, peer-reviewed academic quarterly covering all the aspects of government and politics directly or indirectly connected with Parliament and parliamentary systems in Britain and throughout the world. The journal is published in partnership with the Hansard Society. The Society was created to promote parliamentary democracy throughout the world, a theme which is reflected in the pages of Parliamentary Affairs.