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200 10$aGender and the Liberal Democrats$b[electronic resource] $erepresenting women? /$fElizabeth Evans
210   $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (193 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7190-8347-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [162]-170) and index.
327   $aCopyright; 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
327   $aAppendix 2 A chronology of women's representation and the Liberal DemocratsBibliography; Index
330   $aWomen 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
606   $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zGreat Britain
607   $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government
610   $aLiberal Democrats.
610   $aWestminster.
610   $agender.
610   $amasculine bias.
610   $apro-women policies.
610   $atarget seats.
610   $aunder-representation.
610   $awomen MPs.
610   $awomen's interests.
610   $awomen's representation.
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