TY - BOOK AU - Childs,Sarah TI - Women and British party politics: descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation T2 - Routledge advances in European politics SN - 9780203019443 (electronic bk.) PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Great Britain KW - Women legislators KW - Representative government and representation KW - Social conditions N1 - "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 UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=221021 ER -