LEADER 03252nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910974135403321 005 20240313080604.0 010 $a9781847797872 010 $a1847797873 010 $a9781781702277 010 $a1781702276 010 $a9781847794116 010 $a1847794114 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085855 035 $a(EBL)1069723 035 $a(OCoLC)818847535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12291207 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10650607 035 $a(PQKB)10985614 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086926 035 $a(OCoLC)1132689001 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78093 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069723 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627277 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069723 035 $a(DE-B1597)658736 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847794116 035 $a(Perlego)1525815 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085855 100 $a20110920d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGender and the Liberal Democrats $erepresenting women? /$fElizabeth Evans 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780719083471 311 08$a0719083478 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 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 676 $a324.24106082 700 $aEvans$b Elizabeth$0205427 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974135403321 996 $aGender and the Liberal Democrats$94360700 997 $aUNINA