Sex, gender and the conservative party: from iron lady to kitten heels

As leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron inherited a multi-faceted gender problem: only 17 women MPs; an unhappy women's organization; electorally uncompetitive policies 'for women'; and a party which was seemingly unattractive to women voters. This book is an account of the feminization of the partysince 2005. SARAH CHILDS is Professor of Politics and Gender at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, UK. She has published widely on sex, gender and political representation. Her books include 'New Labour's Women' MPs (2004), 'Women and British Party Politics' (2008) and with Mona Lena Krook, 'Women, Gender and Politics: ''A Reader' (2010). . PAUL WEBB is Professor of Politics at the Department of Politics and Contemporary European Studies, University of Sussex, UK and has held a number of previous andvisiting positions in Britain and abroad, most recently at the Australian National University. He is author or editor of numerous publications, including 'The Modern British Party System '(2000), 'Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Societies' (2002) and 'The Presidentialization of Politics: A ComparativeStudy of Modern Democracies '(2005). He is currently co-editor of the journal'Party Politics'. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: WOMEN'S POLITICAL REPRESENTATION - Conservatism, Representation and Feminization - PART II: WOMEN'S DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION - Women Members and the Party's Women's Organizations - Conservative Legislative Recruitment - Reforming Parliamentary Selection: Party Change, Parliamentarian and Party Member Attitudes - PART III: WOMEN'S SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION - Party Member Attitudes and Women's Policy (By and For Women?) - Sex, Gender and Parliamentary Behaviour in the 2005 Parliament - PART IV: FEMINIZATION AND PARTY STRATEGY - Feminization and Party Cohesion - Feminization and the Electorate - Conclusion - Methods Appendix - References - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27900-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 18/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés