Women and British party politics
Subtitle: descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation
By: Sarah Childs.
Series: Routledge advances in European politics -- 51
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780415366823; 9780203019443
Subjects: Women in politics -- Great Britain; Women legislators -- Great Britain; Representative government and representation -- Great Britain; Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Introduction; title: Political participation and descriptive representation; title: Women's political participation and voting / Rosie Campbell with Sarah Childs; title: Feminizing British political parties; title: Women's legislative recruitment; title: Substantive and symbolic representation; title: Representation : why women's presence matters; title: The substantive representation of women / Sarah Childs and Mona Lena Krook; title: Women politicians, the media and symbolic representation; title: Conclusion.