European University Institute

Graduate Student, Political and Social Science

Thesis Title: Private Sphere Effects on Public Sphere Achievements of Political Elites in Comparative Perspective

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Research

Jenny Hansson is a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute in Florence. Her dissertation project investigates how the work-to-life balance affects well-being and individual career/influence opportunities among National Parliamentarians, in a comparative perspective between Sweden  and Germany. Based on a model and pre-study originally developed in her Master Thesis, Jenny Hansson has constructed a survey questionnaire tailored for country comparison between groups of political elites, currently applied to the total populations of Swedish and German parliamentarians. Her survey study is complemented by in-depth interviews with representatives of the two countries.

Publications

Hansson, J. (2010). “Gender Equity of Perceived Career and Influence Opportunities among Political Elites: The Case of Swedish Parliamentarians”. European Sociological Review, Advance Access published on March 15, 2010, doi:10.1093/esr/jcq009.
( Link to article: http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/jcq009 )

Web-Supplement to the above article.
( Link:  http://www.eui.eu/Personal/Researchers/Hansson/SUPPLEMENT.TO.ESR-ARTICLE.JENNY.HANSSON.pdf )

Hansson, J (2003). Riksdagskvinnors Livssituation i Tyskland och Sverige: En jämförande studie. [The Life Situation of Parliamentarians in Germany and Sweden: A Comparative Study.] Master Thesis. Lund: Lund University.
( Link: http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=19464&postid=1355824 )

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