¿Cómo evaluar la representación simbólica de género?
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La comprensión de la representación simbólica es una tarea relevante - y aún pendiente -
de la Ciencia Política. Se trata de una dimensión de la representación que ha sido poco explorada teórica
y empíricamente, pero que, ante el incremento de la presencia de las mujeres en los espacios legislativos,
se ha convertido en un aspecto de interés. El acceso cada vez mayor de las mujeres a los cargos de poder
plantea la necesidad de comprender los procesos a través de los cuales las mujeres ejercen las funciones
representativas y de cómo las estructuras generizadas influyen en sus capacidades de hacerlo. A partir
de la comprensión de la representación simbólica como relaciones de poder - como la manera en la que
se ejerce el poder político, en el sentido metafórico y práctico -, este trabajo sostiene la necesidad de
avanzar en su análisis, indispensable para comprender todas las aristas de la representación ejercida por
las mujeres en los espacios institucionales, en especial en los legislativos. Para ello, de manera innovadora,
propone su conceptualización y evaluación desde la perspectiva del neoinstitucionalismo feminista, buscando
colocar en el centro de discusión la agencia de quienes ejercen la representación en los contextos de
las instituciones legislativas generizadas.
The understanding of symbolic representation is a relevant and still pending task in Political Science. This is a dimension of representation that has been little explored theoretically and empirically but which has become an aspect of interest given the increasing presence of women in legislative spaces. The growing access of women to positions of power raises the need to understand the processes through which women exercise representative functions and how the structures generated influence their ability to do so. Based on the understanding of symbolic representation as power relations -as to how political power is exercised in the metaphorical and practical sense- this paper argues the need to advance in its analysis, which is essential to understand all aspects of the representation exercised by women in institutional spaces, especially in the legislative spheres. To this end, innovatively, this paper proposes its conceptualization and evaluation from the perspective of feminist neo-institutionalism, seeking to place at the centre of the discussion the agency of those who exercise representation in the contexts of the generated legislative institutions.
The understanding of symbolic representation is a relevant and still pending task in Political Science. This is a dimension of representation that has been little explored theoretically and empirically but which has become an aspect of interest given the increasing presence of women in legislative spaces. The growing access of women to positions of power raises the need to understand the processes through which women exercise representative functions and how the structures generated influence their ability to do so. Based on the understanding of symbolic representation as power relations -as to how political power is exercised in the metaphorical and practical sense- this paper argues the need to advance in its analysis, which is essential to understand all aspects of the representation exercised by women in institutional spaces, especially in the legislative spheres. To this end, innovatively, this paper proposes its conceptualization and evaluation from the perspective of feminist neo-institutionalism, seeking to place at the centre of the discussion the agency of those who exercise representation in the contexts of the generated legislative institutions.
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GILAS, Karolina M. ¿Cómo evaluar la representación simbólica de género? Elecciones, Lima, v. 21, n. 23, p. 213-234, jan./jun. 2022. DOI: 10.53557/Elecciones.2022.v21n23.07.
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