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Beloit College
Publication Date
Spring 2016
Abstract
This paper argues that the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality within the European Parliament is a micro-institution that promotes feminalist legislative styles regardless of the member’s gender. Interviews were conducted with two members of the committee, one male and one female to reach this conclusion. Feminalist legislative styles such as collaboration, lack of hierarchy, cooperation among parties, listening to constituents, and ‘power to’ motivations were employed by both interviewees. Furthermore, an understanding of the FEMM Committee as an institution within the European Parliament clarifies that it is a unique space whose political climate allows for feminalist legislative styles.
Disciplines
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Inequality and Stratification | International Relations | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Oakley, Madison, "FEMM Committee as Feminalist Space: Gendered Legislative Styles in the European Parliament" (2016). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2338.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2338
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Gender and Sexuality Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, International Relations Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Program Name
Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender