Gender, Power and Privilege in the Parliamentary Workplace

Erikson, Josefina ^[1] ; Verge, Tània ^[2]
1. [1] Uppsala University
  
  Uppsala University
  
  Uppsala domkyrkoförs., Suecia
2. [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  
  Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  
  Barcelona, España
Localización: Parliamentary affairs: A journal of representative politics, ISSN 0031-2290, Vol. 75, Nº 1, 2022, págs. 1-19
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This introduction to the Special Section ‘Parliaments as workplaces: gendered approaches to the study of legislatures’ makes the case for revisiting the conditions under which male and female Members of Parliament (MPs) and staff carry out their parliamentary duties, thereby furthering the understanding of parliaments’ inner workings. It shows that adopting a workplace perspective grounded on feminist institutionalist analyses and gender organisational studies opens up new avenues for studying parliaments and the outcomes of political representation. The article then outlines how contributors to this Special Section deal with various aspects of the parliamentary workplace and concludes by highlighting the wider implications of this perspective for examining crucial questions of the parliamentary studies research agenda.