CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Baji, Ardita |
|---|---|
| Title | Gender equality and quota in politics: Basic prerequisites of efficient quota |
| Summary | The concept of gender quota is closely interlinked with that of democracy and equality, and despite a relatively popular tool it represents also a controversial one. For a better in-depth understanding of the concept of quota, this research adopts both a theoretical and practical approach to the concept. From the theoretical perspective it clarifies the main contentious issues of quota by setting out the basis of quota legitimacy. The controversial nature of quota derives from the ambiguous and multidimensional character of the equality concept. Among the different viewpoints that surrounds the concept of quotas, this research identify quota as a form of affirmative action, perhaps in tension with formal equality principle but aiming to achieve substantial equality by rectifying the “injustice” which formal equality has no capacity to address. From the practical perspective, quota as an arguable and at the same time relatively successful tool for achieving gender equality in politics is closely linked with the issue of efficiency. This research places quota in front of another similar successful gender equality approach such as the incremental track, with the purpose to point out the features that have converted quota into a popular tool despite controversial. This work argues that quotas increased popularity is due to their capacity in overturning the situation of gender discrimination when achieving their target successfully. Therefore, turning to quota efficiency this research aims to define and verify the basic criteria of quota efficiency, lack of which would cause a quota to be a mere formality emptied of its scope. |
| Supervisor | Kollany-Lehockzy, Csilla;Smilov,Daniel |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/baji_ardita.pdf |
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