Feminist political theory and representation: an analysis of bancada feminina of the House of Representatives

• Grant number: 15/12767-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2015
• End date: January 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Political Theory
• Principal Investigator: Adrian Gurza Lavalle
• Grantee: Beatriz Rodrigues Sanchez
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Do women parliamentarians represent women interests? The study is based on the hypothesis, advocated by authors of feminist political theory, that the increase in female political representation in legislative institutions would result in the formulation of more and better public policies for the promotion of gender equality. Empirical research on women's political representation have been dedicated to analyze the descriptive representation, ie, the analysis of mechanisms of exclusion and alternatives to increase the number of women in parliaments. A smaller number of studies have been working on the analysis of the substantive representation of women, which focuses on the content of the representation. This research project has dual purpose: one theoretical and other empirical-descriptive. In terms of political theory, the research aims to contribute to the debate on female political representation, based on case analysis of the Brazilian Congress, from the perspective of substantive representation. The second objective, empirical-descriptive, is to understand the role of the bancada feminina of the House of Representatives in the formulation and approval of bills related to the promotion of gender equality. The relationship between these two objectives will take place from the empirical assessment of the substantive work of the women's bench and from the introduction of positive analytical distinctions that allow discussing and revising the normative assumptions of feminist political theory. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SANCHEZ, Beatriz Rodrigues. Feminist political theory and representation: an analysis of \bancada feminina\ of the House of Representatives. 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.