Supply or demand? Women candidates and the liberal democrats

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 590-606

  Evans, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Liberal Democrats; Political recruitment; Representation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; LIBERALISM; PARTY POLITICS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 54049153942     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2008.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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