Interrupting the interruptions. How women transform the parliamentary debate.
The presence of women in parliament has been linked with substantial changes that may reduce hostility in parliamentary venues. One way to test this notion is to study interactions during parliamentary debates. The goal of this article is two-fold: firstly, we examine whether there is a gender diffe...
| Publicado en: | Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 511 - 534 |
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