Gender and Political Recruitment : Theorizing Institutional change / by Meryl Kenny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenny, Meryl.

Series:

Gender and Politics, 2662-5822

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Political science.

Political science--Philosophy.

Social policy.

European Politics.

Political Science.

Political Theory.

Political Philosophy.

Social Policy.

Local Subjects:

European Politics.

Political Science.

Political Theory.

Political Philosophy.

Social Policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation, continuity and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on the insights of feminist institutionalism, it extends the 'supply and demand model' of political recruitment via a micro-level case study of the candidate selection process in post-devolution Scotland.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. Introduction

2. Gender, Institutions and Political Recruitment

3. A Feminist Institutionalist Approach

4. Political Recruitment in Post-Devolution Scotland

5. Breaking With the Past? The Case of the Labour Party

6. The Story of a Selection

7. Applying a Feminist Institutionalist Lens

8. Rethinking Political Recruitment

References

Notes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349444717

1349444715

9781137271945

1137271949

OCLC:

844771681