Women in British Party Politics
Subtitle: Participation and Representation (Routledge Advances in European Politics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415366823
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Women's studies; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Political Process - Political Parties; Political Science / General; Feminism & Feminist Theory; General; Great Britain; Politics and government; Women in politics
Description: "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.