ISBN:
9781137271945
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (232 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Ebrary online
Series Statement:
Gender and Politics
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Parallel Title:
Druckausg.
DDC:
305.4209411
Keywords:
Feminism -- Political aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties
;
Women -- Political activity
;
Women --Political activity --Scotland -- Case studies
;
Women political candidates -- Recruiting
;
Women political candidates --Recruiting --Scotland -- Case studies
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Political parties can make or break women's attempts to stand for political office, yet there have been surprisingly few systematic studies into the 'secret garden' of political recruitment. This book investigates this under-researched area, bringing together insights from feminist and new institutional theory to explore and understand the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on an original empirical case study of candidate selection in post-devolution Scotland, Gender and Political Recruitment highlights the complex and gende
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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