Assessing the Correlation Between Women's Civic Engagement and Elected Political Participation: A Case Study of Six Polish Cities

• Autorzy: Daria Dvornichenko
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper focuses on the link between women's civic engagement and elected political participation. The first part presents the theoretical aspects of both concepts - i.e. civic engagement and political involvement - and combines them with another category, namely the descriptive representation of women. The second part of the paper is devoted to the methodology of the present research, which consists of both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative research examines the composition of six city councils in Poland (Wrocław, Kraków, Gdańsk, Łódź, Lublin, and Poznań) as well as city mayorships after the last elections (2018). The results confirm a positive correlation between women's elected political participation and women's civic engagement. The qualitative research, based on 11 semi-structured interviews, aims at explaining why the civic sector is dominated by women, even though politics still remains men's domain. Another objective is to identify particular obstacles that prevent female civic activists from further engagement in politics. Specific recommendations for mitigating the identified obstacles and increasing the number of women in politics are provided.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Woman; Women's position in society; Role of women in politics; Non-governmental organisation

PL

Kobieta; Pozycja kobiety w społeczeństwie; Rola kobiet w polityce; Organizacje pozarządowe

• Czasopismo: Studia Regionalne i Lokalne
• Rocznik: 2022
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 7--21

Twórcy

autor

Daria Dvornichenko

• National University 'Odessa Maritime Academy'

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.7366/1509499518701