na INLIS000000000004891 20221024100048 0010-0520004891 221024 | | eng 9780415366823 eng 324.241 324.241 CHI w Childs, Sarah Women And British Party Politics: Descriptive, Substantive And Symbolic Representation / Sarah Childs 2nd ed. New York : Routledge, 2008 xxvii,203 p.; 25 cm. ; 25 cm. Indeks : p.201-203 p.181-198 "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. Not only specifically designed to bring together cutting-edge conceptual developments in the sub-discipline of gender and politics, with robust British empirical research, this book also presents reflections on how best to study gender and politics. The empirical findings which are presented through the extensive use of case studies derive from a range of research projects which were undertaken over a period of ten years, and which make use of a variety of research methods and techniques. Women in politics - Great Britain Women legislators - Great Britain 11388/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11389/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11388/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11389/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11389/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11388/MKRI-P/XII-2008