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This article focuses on women's participation within conservative political parties in Portugal and Spain. It deals with the factors that may explain their increased participation since the 1990s, as well as the consequences thereof. Although women's political representation in both countries has increased, the differences between the Partido Popular Democrático-Partido Social-Democrata (PPD-PSD) and the Alianza Popular-Partido Popular (AP-PP) are still considerable. This study points out the factors that may have influenced the greater participation of women within the AP-PP, in comparison with the PPD-PSD, making use of interviews with leaders, both women and men, from those parties.Este artigo analisa a participação das mulheres nos partidos políticos conservadores em Portugal e Espanha. Explora os factores que podem justificar o aumento da sua participação nestes partidos desde a década de 90 e as consequências que daí advieram. Apesar de a representação política das mulheres ter aumentado em ambos os países, as diferenças entre o Partido Popular Democrático-Partido Social-Democrata(PPD-PSD) e a Alianza Popular-Partido Popular(AP-PP) são consideráveis. Este estudo realça as condições que poderão ter influenciado a maior participação das mulheres no AP-PP em comparação com o PPD-PSD, recorrendo aos depoimentos de líderes de ambos os sexos dos referidos partidos.

African American (n = 7) and European American (n = 9) older adults newly relocated to a nursing home described the extent of their relocation decision-making participation via semistructured interviews. Additionally, the study identified whether sense of coherence, functional ability, and physical functioning were related to decision participation. Two themes emerged, “They put me in here” and “I/we made the decision (together with others).” Older adults whose decisions were in the “They” category were younger, were African American, had more children, had lower Mini Mental State Examination scores, and had less education than those in the “I/we” category. Findings suggest older adults’ participation in nursing home relocation decisions may be determined more by informal support than ability to participate. No significant differences were found in sense of coherence, functional ability, or physical functioning across decision-making categories. Decision-making participation approached significance in a positive association with social support. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article focuses on women's participation within conservative political parties in Portugal and Spain. It deals with the factors that may explain their increased participation since the 1990s, as well as the consequences thereof. Although women's political representation in both countries has increased, the differences between the Partido Popular Democrático-Partido Social-Democrata (PPD-PSD) and the Alianza Popular-Partido Popular (AP-PP) are still considerable. This study points Out the factors that may have influenced the greater participation of women within the AP- -PP, in comparison with the PPD-PSD, making use of interviews with leaders, both women and men, from those parties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]