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Women and British party politics : descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation
- Title
- Women and British party politics : descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation / Sarah Childs.
- Author
- Childs, Sarah, 1969-
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2008.
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Details
- Description
- xxvii, 203 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Women and British Party Politics examines the characteristic of women's participation at the mass and elite level in contemporary British politics: as voters, party members and elected representatives respectively. This book will appeal to all those with an interest in British Politics, Feminism and European Studies; and will provide the reader with an overview of the complex relationship between sex, gender and politics in a conceptually sophisticated fashion."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Routledge advances in European politics ; 51
- Uniform Title
- Routledge advances in European politics ; 51.
- Subject
- Geschichte 1997-2007
- Women > Political activity > Great Britain
- Women legislators > Great Britain
- Representative government and representation > Great Britain
- Women > Great Britain > Social conditions
- Representative government and representation
- Women legislators
- Women > Political activity
- Women > Social conditions
- Frau
- Politik
- Politikerin
- Kvinnor i politiken > Storbritannien
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Storbritannien > politik och förvaltning
- Note
- "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-198) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction -- Political participation and descriptive representation -- Women's political participation and voting / Rosie Campbell with Sarah Childs -- Feminizing British political parties -- Women's legislative recruitment -- Substantive and symbolic representation -- Representation : why women's presence matters -- The substantive representation of women / Sarah Childs and Mona Lena Krook -- Women politicians, the media and symbolic representation -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9780415366823
- 0415366828
- 9780203019443
- 020301944X
- 9780415594097
- 041559409X
- 020309144X (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2007042971
- OCLC
- ocn179101725
- 179101725
- SCSB-1477810
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library