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Autore |
Evans Elizabeth |
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Titolo |
Gender and the Liberal Democrats [[electronic resource] ] : representing women? / / Elizabeth Evans |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-787-3 |
1-78170-227-6 |
1-84779-411-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Political activity - Great Britain |
Great Britain Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-170) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Women and the Liberal Democrats is a timely and original exploration of women's representation and the third party in UK politics. Based on extensive research, it is the first 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. It explores the extent to which the party's ideology, culture and organisation are dominated by a prevailing masculine bias and questions why the Liberal Democrats continue to overwhelmingly return white, middle-aged |
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