03439nam 2200745 a 450 991081910000332120200520144314.01-84779-787-31-78170-227-61-84779-411-4(CKB)2560000000085855(EBL)1069723(OCoLC)818847535(SSID)ssj0000712872(PQKBManifestationID)12291207(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712872(PQKBWorkID)10650607(PQKB)10985614(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086926(OCoLC)1132689001(MdBmJHUP)muse78093(Au-PeEL)EBL1069723(CaPaEBR)ebr10627277(CaONFJC)MIL843743(MiAaPQ)EBC1069723(DE-B1597)658736(DE-B1597)9781847794116(EXLCZ)99256000000008585520110920d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGender and the Liberal Democrats[electronic resource] representing women? /Elizabeth EvansManchester ;New York Manchester University Press20111 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-8347-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-170) and index.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 methodsAppendix 2 A chronology of women's representation and the Liberal DemocratsBibliography; IndexWomen 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-agedWomenPolitical activityGreat BritainGreat BritainPolitics and governmentLiberal Democrats.Westminster.gender.masculine bias.pro-women policies.target seats.under-representation.women MPs.women's interests.women's representation.WomenPolitical activity324.24106082Evans Elizabeth205427MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819100003321Gender and the Liberal Democrats3948161UNINA