Een vergelijkend perspectief op de positie van mannen en vrouwen in de lokale politie

Samenvatting

The article analyses the gender balance in local Belgian polities in the aftermath of the 2006 local elections. lt offers a comparative perspective on the position of candidates, representatives elected and those holding office including data from the last three decades. The article also discusses the attitude of loca l party sections towa rds measures to foster a gender balance. The data show that local party sections more easily agree on parity at the level of candidates than that they support a rea l sharing of power at the level of the executive power. Local party sections do not support more than a guaranteed minimum presence of women in the councils of elder men. Furthermore, ba th at the level of candidates and at that of the executive the data reveal a final glass ceiling. Women have difficulties reaching the top positions on electoral lists as we ll as the top positions in the local executive power.