'Wags', 'wives' and 'mothers'... But what about women politicians?
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 63, Heft 4, S. 760-777
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 63, Heft 4, S. 760-777
ISSN: 0031-2290
Women, Gender, and Politics brings together both classic and recent readings on central topics in the study of gender and politics. Genuinely international in its focuse, the book is divided into six sections: women and social movements; women and political parties; women, gender, and elections; women, gender, and political representation; women, gender, and social policies; and women, gender, and the state. Within each section, readings have been selected to capture the various ways that research has evolved, both thematically and chronologically, across both developed and developing countries.
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies
"Gender, Women, and Representation in State Politics" published on by Oxford University Press.
In: British journal of political science, Band 40, Heft 1, S. 171-194
ISSN: 1469-2112
This article analyses the relationship between the representatives and the represented by comparing elite and mass attitudes to gender equality and women's representation in Britain. In so doing, the authors take up arguments in the recent theoretical literature on representation that question the value of empirical research of Pitkin's distinction between substantive and descriptive representation. They argue that if men and women have different attitudes at the mass level, which are reproduced amongst political elites, then the numerical under-representation of women may have negative implications for women's substantive representation. The analysis is conducted on the British Election Study (BES) and the British Representation Study (BRS) series. Adapted from the source document.
In: Politics & gender, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 199-223
ISSN: 1743-9248
In: British politics, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 455-480
ISSN: 1746-9198
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 125-145
ISSN: 0017-257X
In: APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
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In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 125-145
ISSN: 1477-7053
AbstractThis article makes a case for rethinking traditional approaches to the study of legislative behaviour on behalf of women by asking (1) not when women make a difference, but how the substantive representation of women occurs; and (2) not what 'women' do, but what specific actors do. The first shift aims to explore the contexts, identities and attitudes that motivate and inform substantive representation. The second seeks to move beyond a focus on female legislators to identify the 'critical actors', male and female, who may attempt to represent women as a group. In so doing, this framework calls attention to how structure and agency interact in the substantive representation of women.
In: The political quarterly, Band 80, Heft 2, S. 204-213
ISSN: 1467-923X
Under David Cameron's leadership reforms have been made to the Conservative party's parliamentary selection procedures and distinct women's policy initiatives have been developed. This article, based on focus group data with party members, explores attitudes towards measures designed to recruit more women Conservative MPs. Broadly, we find that, despite widespread support for the principle of greater social diversity among PPCs, members are uncomfortable with the specific measures that have been introduced. This is largely on the grounds that anything approaching 'positive discrimination' should be eschewed in favour of the 'meritocratic' selection of candidates. Further, the members tend to resent central party 'interference' in what has traditionally been the domain of local Constituency Associations.
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 80, Heft 2, S. 204-213
ISSN: 0032-3179
In: British journal of political science, Band 40, Heft 1, S. 171-194
ISSN: 1469-2112
This article analyses the relationship between the representatives and the represented by comparing elite and mass attitudes to gender equality and women's representation in Britain. In so doing, the authors take up arguments in the recent theoretical literature on representation that question the value of empirical research of Pitkin's distinction between substantive and descriptive representation. They argue that if men and women have different attitudes at the mass level, which are reproduced amongst political elites, then the numerical under-representation of women may have negative implications for women's substantive representation. The analysis is conducted on the British Election Study (BES) and the British Representation Study (BRS) series.
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Working paper
In: Routledge advances in European politics 51
In: Routledge advances in European politics, 51
Women and British Party Politics examines the characteristics of women's participation at the mass and elite level in contemporary British politics; as voters, party members and elected representatives respectively. It explores what this means for ideas about, and the practice of, descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation. The main focus is on the feminization of British party politics - the integration of women into formal political institutions and the integration of women's concerns and perspectives into political debate and policy - in the post-1997 period.>