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This dissertation studies the descriptive (i.e. numeric) representation of women in national parliaments in three related but independent papers. The empirical analysis presented in the papers is based on two original data sets. The first, macro level data set covers the democratic elections of 75 nations between the years 1980 and 2010. A subset of these data covering the OECD nations is augmented to include a set of socioeconomic variables that were not available for other countries. The second data set is a collection of candidate data from six Estonian elections between the years 1992 and 2011. The papers use a variety of quantitative techniques to support the theoretical claims made in them. ; TARA (Trinity?s Access to Research Archive) has a robust takedown policy. Please contact us if you have any concerns: rssadmin@tcd.ie

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose of the Book -- 1.2 State of Research -- 1.3 The Representative Puzzle -- 1.4 Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 2.1 The 'Standard Account' of Parliamentary Representation and EU Politics -- 2.2 National Parliamentary Representation in the EU: The Concept of This Study -- 2.3 Whom and How to Represent in EU Politics? -- 2.4 Summarizing the Theoretical Approach -- References -- 3 Data and Methodology -- 3.1 Selection of Countries, Topics, Parliamentary Debates and Interview Partners -- 3.1.1 Comparison Across Countries and Topics -- 3.1.2 Parliamentary Debates and Interview Partners -- 3.2 Data Collection: Representative Claims Analysis and Qualitative Interviews -- 3.2.1 Representative Claims Analysis -- 3.2.2 Qualitative Interviews -- 3.3 Data Evaluation: Regression Analyses and Typology of MPs -- 3.4 Dependent Variables and Data Structure -- References -- 4 Focus and Style of Representation in EU Politics -- 4.1 The Purpose of This Chapter -- 4.2 Focus of Representation: Whom to Represent in EU Politics? -- 4.3 Style of Representation: How to Represent in EU Politics? -- 4.4 Focus and Style of Representation: Whom and How to Represent in EU Politics? -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Explaining MPs' Representative Behavior in EU Politics -- 5.1 The Purpose of This Chapter -- 5.2 Institutional and Party Strategic Factors -- 5.2.1 Left-Right and EU Party Positions -- 5.2.2 Governing Responsibility and European Experience -- 5.2.3 Topic and Position in Claims-Making -- 5.2.4 Committee Membership and Governing Responsibility -- 5.2.5 Catch-All Parties vs. Single-Issue Parties -- 5.3 Operationalization -- 5.3.1 Dependent Variables -- 5.3.2 Independent Variables -- Regression of Focus of Representation.

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