The representation of women in local politics

Policy and Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-339

  Rao, Nirmala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Councillors; Representation; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 16344364535     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573053870176     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Beckwith, K. (1986) American women and political participation: The impacts of work, generation and feminism, New York, NY: Greenwood Press.
2. Bochel, C. and Bochel, H.M. (2000) Careers of councillors: Gender, party and politics, Aldershot: Ashgate.
3. Briggs, J. (2000) '"What's in it for women?": The motivations, expectations and experiences of female local councillors in Montreal, Canada, and Hull, England', Local Government Studies, vol 26, no 4: 71-84.
4. Courtney, G., Finch, S., Rao, N. and Young, K. (1998) The impact of releasing people for council duties, London: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
5. DETR (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions) (1998) Modern local government: In touch with the people, Cmnd. 4014, London: The Stationery Office.
6. Evans, J. (2001) 'Survey of newly elected local authority councillors', Local Government Employment Digest, vol 190, April: 9-11.
7. Fassinger, R.E. (2001) 'Women in nontraditional fields', in Encyclopedia of woman and gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender, Volume 2, New York, NY: Academic Press: 1169-80.
8. Giddy, P. (2000) A woman's place is in the chamber: First thoughts on attracting women into local politics, London: Local Government Association.
9. Gill, B. (2000) Losing out locally: Women and local government, London: Fawcett Society.
10. Hills, J. (1982) 'Women local councillors: a reply to Bristow', Local Government Studies, vol 8, no 1: 61-71, January/February
11. IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency) and EO (Employers' Organisation) (2001a) Councillors Survey (2001) (www.lg-employers.gov.uk/ diversity/councillors/census-2001.html).
12. IDeA and EO (2001b) 2000 exit survey of local authority councillors London, IDeA and EO.
13. IULA (International Union of Local Authorities) (1998) Women in local government, The Hague: IULA.
14. Jarvis, L., Hinds, K., Bryson, C. and Park, A. (2000) Women's social attitudes: 1983-1998: A report prepared for the women's unit, London: Cabinet Office.
15. Lane, R. (1959) Political life, New York, NY: Free Press.
16. Lenoir, N. (2001) 'The representation of women in politics: from quotas to parity in elections', International and Comparative Law Quarterly vol 50, no 2: 217-47.
17. Lips, H.M. (2001) 'Power: social and interpersonal aspects', in J. Worell (ed) Encyclopedia of woman and gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender, Volume 2, New York, NY: Academic Press: 847-58.
18. Norris, P., Lovenduski, J. and Campbell, R. (2004) Gender and political participation, London: The Electoral Commission.
19. ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (2003) Equality and diversity in local government in England: A literature review, London: ODPM.
20. O'Leary, V.E. and Flanagan, E.H. (2001) 'Leadership', in J. Worell (ed) Encyclopedia of women and gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender, Volume 2, New York, NY: Academic Press: 645-56.
21. Rallings, C. and Thrasher, M. (1991) 'Women in local politics', County Councils Gazette, vol 83, no 10: 283-4.
22. Rao, N. (2000) Reviving local democracy: New Labour, new politics? Bristol: The Policy Press.
23. Stewart, D. (1980) Women in local politics, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
24. Stoker, G., Gains, F., John, P., Rao, N. and Harding, A. (2003) Implementing the 2000 Act with respect to new council constitutions and the ethical framework. First report (www.elgnce.org.uk).
25. Webster, G. (2000) 'Women, politics, elections and citizenship', Journal of Geography, vol 99, no 10: 1-10.
26. Welch, S. (1978) 'Recruitment of women to public office: a discriminant analysis', Western Political Quarterly, vol 33, no 1: 372-80.
27. Welch, S. and Studlar, D.T. (1988) 'The effects of candidate gender on voting for local office in England', British Journal of Political Science, vol 18, no 2: 273-81.
28. Welch, S. and Studlar, D.T. (1996) 'The opportunity structure for women candidates and electability in Britain and the United States', Political Research Quarterly, vol 49, no 4: 861-74.
29. Young, K. (1989) 'Approaches to policy development in the field of equal opportunity', in J. Solomos and W. Ball (eds) Race and local government, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
30. Young, K. and Rao, N. (1995) 'Faith in local democracy', in R. Jowell et al (eds) British social attitudes: The twelth report, Aldershot: Dartmouth.
31. Young, K. (1997) 'Beyond policy and politics: contingencies of employment equity', Policy & Politics, vol 25, no 4: 361-74.
32. Yule, J. (2000) 'Women councillors and committee recruitment', Local Government Studies, vol 26, no 3: 31-54.