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The article focuses on the role and significance of Interest Groups (IGs) in influencing public decisions, particularly in Chile from 1990 to 2020. Topics include the common activities of various groups, the importance of IGs in democracy, and empirical research analyzing the extent, strategies, and effectiveness of IGs in influencing decision-making processes. It mentions Chilean evidence with that of some democracies advanced, and these are discussed patterns from the perspective of good functioning of the Chilean democratic system.

This research note presents an empirical test aimed at untangling the factors that explain the substantive representation of women's interests in the legislative arena. We hand-coded over 7000 parliamentarians' bills introduced in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies between 1990 and 2020. Our results show, first, that female legislators are more active than men in sponsoring bills that favour women's interests, especially regarding feminist claims. Secondly, we find that female parliamentarians from leftist parties are more likely to embrace feminist claims in their bills than female legislators from right-wing parties. By contrast, women from the right initiate more often bills associated with women's traditional role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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