'Stand by your man': Women's political recruitment at the 2010 UK general election

British Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-480

  Ashe, Jeanette ^a   Campbell, Rosie ^a   Childs, Sarah ^b   Evans, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bristol   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2010 general election; political parties; women's representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650526925     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2010.17     Document Type: Article

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