DETERMINANTY SZANS WYBORCZYCH I AKTYWNOŚCI PARLAMENTARNEJ KOBIET W III RP. ANALIZA DYSKURSU W „GAZECIE WYBORCZEJ”
THE DETERMINANTS OF ELECTORAL CHANCES AND PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITY OF WOMEN IN THE THIRD POLISH REPUBLIC. THE DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN “GAZETA WYBORCZA”

Summary/Abstract: During seven terms of the Polish Sejm after 1991, as well as in the Contract Sejm, there was no representation of females that would reflect gender division in society. Statistically in all the terms, women constituted 18% of all members of parliament. The subject of the analysis in the presented material are determinants limiting, or, on the contrary, substantiating women’s electoral chances in the Polish political landscape; more precisely, within one of parliamentary chambers, namely Sejm. The mentioned factors include demographic variables involving, among others, place of residence, age, education, as well as variables regarding political context, represented political party or voter groups, a conducted electoral campaign, but also those concerning private, family life. Biographies of female members of parliament, Sejm archives registering the forms of parliamentary activity and press releases constitute the sources that allowed to verify the thesis regarding non-factual limitations of women’s electoral chances.

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