Women and the Liberal Democrats is a timely and original exploration of womens representation and the third party in UK politics. Based on extensive research, it is the first comprehensive gendered analysis of the Liberal Democrats and the research highlights specific institutional factors within the Liberal Democrats that directly impact upon the partys low number of women MPs. It explores the extent to which the partys ideology, culture and organisation are dominated by a prevailing masculine bias and questions why the Liberal Democrats continue to overwhelmingly return white, middleaged, male MPs to Westminster.The book highlights a number of important findings the Liberal Democrats low number of women MPs is due to demand rather than supply the party have not selected a sufficient number of women in winnable or target seats the lack of women MPs undermines the partys prowomen policies and womens interests have not been mainstreamed within the party. Together, these conclusions address substantive questions regarding the Liberal Democrats numerical underrepresentation of women MPs and the extent to which they can act for and symbolically represent women.The book demonstrates the importance of using gender as a tool for analysing the culture, organisation and political recruitment of British political parties. Its originality and contribution lie in the empirical findings and its ability to address wider conceptual debates.

Binding: Hardcover;192 pages; Publisher: Manchester University Press (P648); Classification: JFSJ1; Weight: 582 g; Dimensions: 163 x 232 x 21

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