‘Where’s our #30peratus’: a feminist critical discourse analysis of Twitter debates on women's political representation

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‘Where’s our #30peratus’: a feminist critical discourse analysis of Twitter debates on women's political representation

This chapter draws on feminist critical discourse analysis to interrogate the ‘glass ceiling’ in Malaysian politics. Prior to GE14, women held only 10.8 per cent of parliamentary seats and 8.3 per cent of full ministerial posts. When presented with the opportunity to redress this gender gap, the win...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Yoong, Melissa
Other Authors:	Lemiere, Sophie
Format:	Book Section
Language:	English
Published:	ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute 2019
Subjects:	glass ceiling Malaysian politics GE14 gender gap gender imbalance Twitter political representation
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60958/

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