Gender and Lineage in Politics: A Point of Entry for Municipal Politicians in Gironde?
Marneur, Victor
Gender and Lineage in Politics: A Point of Entry for Municipal Politicians in Gironde? - 2016.
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Rural communes are a propitious environment for the hereditary transmission of municipal office. While several studies have demonstrated the patrilineal nature of this type of inheritance, it is in this connection worth examining women’s prospects for inheriting office. A questionnaire-based survey and a series of interviews conducted in Gironde municipalities between 2012 and 2014 allow one to identify several forms of political inheritance in rural areas. Yet, while some of them operate in the case of both sexes, specific forms exist for passing on office to women. It thus turns out that, in some contexts – particularly those in which there is little competition – inheritance represents an entry point to the political space that allows women to overcome the demobilizing effects of their gender in politics.
Gender and Lineage in Politics: A Point of Entry for Municipal Politicians in Gironde? - 2016.
72
Rural communes are a propitious environment for the hereditary transmission of municipal office. While several studies have demonstrated the patrilineal nature of this type of inheritance, it is in this connection worth examining women’s prospects for inheriting office. A questionnaire-based survey and a series of interviews conducted in Gironde municipalities between 2012 and 2014 allow one to identify several forms of political inheritance in rural areas. Yet, while some of them operate in the case of both sexes, specific forms exist for passing on office to women. It thus turns out that, in some contexts – particularly those in which there is little competition – inheritance represents an entry point to the political space that allows women to overcome the demobilizing effects of their gender in politics.
Réseaux sociaux