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Gender and political recruitment : theorizing institutional change

Kenny, Meryl

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\"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 gendered dynamics of institutional design, continuity and change in the political recruitment process and illustrates the difficulties of reforming recruitment in the face of powerful institutional and gendered legacies\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Women Political activity. / Women political candidates Recruiting. / Women Political activity Scotland Case studies. / Women political candidates Recruiting Scotland Case studies. / Feminism Political aspects. / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
• ISBN: 9781137271921, 1137271922

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HQ1236.K48 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE