The differential approach to gender quotas in Spain : regulated politics and self-regulated corporate boards

VERGE, Tània; LOMBARDO, Emanuela

The differential approach to gender quotas in Spain : regulated politics and self-regulated corporate boards

dc.contributor.author	VERGE, Tània
dc.contributor.author	LOMBARDO, Emanuela
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-13T15:16:29Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-13T15:16:29Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	In 2007 Spain introduced statutory electoral and corporate board gender quotas as part of a broader gender equality programme. These quotas greatly differ with regard to the parity criteria in use, the period of application, and the measures for promoting compliance or sanctioning non-compliance. Electoral quotas are by far the most successful ones. This paper seeks to tease out why corporate board quotas lag behind electoral gender quotas. To explain this differential approach to gender quotas we assess the broader institutional configuration affecting these reform processes by looking at the obstacles and enabling (national and international) factors, the actors and networks pushing for or resisting each of the quota reforms as well as their framing strategies. We conclude that most of the enabling factors that exercised pressure in favour of gender quotas in politics were weak or missing in the economic sector and, thus, could not counteract the strong oppositional factors.	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.issn	1725-6739
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/35807
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	EUI LAW	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2015/24	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.subject	Gender quotas	en
dc.subject	Parity	en
dc.subject	Feminist institutionalism	en
dc.subject	Political parties	en
dc.subject	Corporate boards	en
dc.title	The differential approach to gender quotas in Spain : regulated politics and self-regulated corporate boards	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication