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1. Introduction to Doing politics -- 2. Politics is key -- 3. Studying politics today -- 4. Don't like politics -- 5. Policy makers and power brokers -- 6. The key actors -- 7. New social movers and shakers -- 8. Compare and contrast -- 9. The world stage -- 10. Concluding thoughts on Doing politics.

"Aimed at politics students in their final year of secondary education or beginning their degrees, this immensely readable book is the ideal introduction to studying politics. Doing Politics is a detailed guide to both the study and the activity of politics which explores why we study politics, what is involved in a politics degree, and the skills and mindset that are needed to tackle the subject. - Key questions are answered, including: - Just what is politics and how does it affect us? - Why does politics, and politicians, get a bad press? - How do we study non-traditional forms of politics? Assuming no prior knowledge, this lively and engaging guide is the perfect introduction to what is actually involved in the academic study of politics"--

"Aimed at politics students in their final year of secondary education or beginning their degrees, this immensely readable book is the ideal introduction to studying politics. Doing Politics is a detailed guide to both the study and the activity of politics which explores why we study politics, what is involved in a politics degree, and the skills and mindset that are needed to tackle the subject. - Key questions are answered, including: - Just what is politics and how does it affect us? - Why does politics, and politicians, get a bad press? - How do we study non-traditional forms of politics? Assuming no prior knowledge, this lively and engaging guide is the perfect introduction to what is actually involved in the academic study of politics"--

In this investigation into the impact of devolution to the English regions on the representation of women, the author argues that, despite the advances in representation, women face structural issues that limit their political impact. A brief literature review delineates the issue of women's effectiveness once in politics to contextualize a comparative analysis of the impacts of devolving structures between the English regions & Scottish & Welsh role models. Data indicate that women do better at the local level than the national, but that devolution has impacted women's representation negatively. The author concludes that additional tiers of governance may provide more spaces/places/levels of representation for those interested in female participation. Tables, References. J. Harwell

Using qualitative interviews the authors analyse how women politicians at local and national level are impacting upon politics and the policy-making process and how this is affecting the nature of the political environment.