Gender and the Liberal Democrats : representing women? / Elizabeth Evans.
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TextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 173 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781847794116
- 1847794114
- 9781781702277
- 1781702276
- Liberal Democrats (Great Britain)
- Liberal Democrats (Great Britain)
- Women -- Political activity -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Politics and government
- Femmes -- Activité politique -- Grande-Bretagne
- Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvernement
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties
- Politics and government
- Women -- Political activity
- Great Britain
- 324.24106082 23
- HQ1236.5.G7 E83 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This is an exploration of women's representation and the third party in UK politics. Based on extensive research, it is a comprehensive gendered analysis of the Liberal Democrats and the research highlights specific institutional factors within the Liberal Democrats that directly impact upon the party's low number of women MPs.
Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1. Gender and the Liberal Democrats: national and international context; 2. The Liberal Democrats: ideology and organisation; 3. Feminist presence and women's descriptive representation; 4. Supply and demand: the political recruitment of women; 5. Women's substantive representation: 'for women' but not by women; 6. The symbolic representation of women: tokens or role models?; 7. Conclusions: representing women?; Appendices; Appendix 1 Research methods.
Appendix 2 A chronology of women's representation and the Liberal DemocratsBibliography; Index.
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