Project

Alliance Research Group: Political representation in diverse societies

Acronym
REDS
Code
05L00413
Duration
01 December 2013 → 01 August 2022
Funding
Ghent University funding
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Political inequality
    • Political representation, executive and legislative politics
Keywords
representation elections parliament
 
Project description

Political representation is a crucial concept in political science. Representation of societal groups (on the basis of sex, age, ethnic background and sexual orientation) is problematic. Our research focuses on both formal, descriptive and substantive representation.