Women and British party politics descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation / [electronic resource] :
Sarah Childs
- New York : Routledge, 2008
- 1 online resource (1 v.)
- Routledge advances in European politics ; 51 .
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge." Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 -- Epilogue -- Appendix
Women--Political activity--Great Britain Women legislators--Great Britain Representative government and representation--Great Britain Women--Social conditions--Great Britain