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Women and British party politics : descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation
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Women and British party politics : descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation / Sarah Childs.
ISBN
9780415366823 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415366828 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780203019443 (e-book : alk. paper)
020301944X (e-book : alk. paper)
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Physical Description
xxvii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2008
Series
Routledge advances in European politics ; 51.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [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.
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