Books written by Sarah Childs

New Labour's Women MPs: Women Representing Women

Brennan, G. and Hamlin, A. 'On Political Representation',British Journal of Political Science, 29 (1999): 109–27. Bristow, S. L. 'Women Councillors – an explanation of the Underrepresentation of Women in Local Government', ...
Feminist Democratic Representation

... to context (Saward forthcoming 2020, Chapter 4; Lowndes and Roberts 2013, 172).14 Thus, while we provide essential design thinking and design, any “translation”15 to a specific context would have to involve a third stage— building.
Feminist Democratic Representation

It was first assumed that it was Lawson's choice to wear a burkini in a way that is rarely assumed for Muslim women. Lawson was a curvaceous woman holidaying in the strong, Australian sun. So, her choice was deemed free and, thus, okay.
Feminist Democratic Representation

See also Runciman's (2007) and Warren's (2019) discussions of the non- objection criterion. 25. Disch (2011, 111) defines three democratic criteria: (i) no official or unofficial body could claim to speak to for the people absolutely ...
Women and British Party Politics: Descriptive, Substantive and Symbolic Representation

Siltanen, J. and Stanworth, M. (1984a) Women and the Public Sphere, A Critique of Sociology and Politics (London: Hutchinson). Skard, T. and Haavio-Mannila, E. (1985) 'Women in Parliament', in E. HaavioMannila (ed.) ...
Women and British Party Politics: Descriptive, Substantive and Symbolic Representation

Applying this model to the British case, the founding fathers of electoral research in Britain, Donald Stokes and David Butler (1969) contended that class was the most important predictor of vote choice.
Deeds and Words: Gendering Politics after Joni Lovenduski

The scholarship and activism of pioneering feminist political scientist Professor Joni Lovenduski helped establish these questions on the political science agenda. This book addresses key themes in Lovenduski’s seminal work.
New Labour's Women MPs: Women Representing Women

Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than half of the new Labour women MPs, Sarah Childs reveals how these women actually experienced being MPs, and explores whether they acted for and like women – in their constituencies, in ...
Women, Gender, and Politics: A Reader

The obvious danger of this type of question is that it may appear to the party chair to be socially unacceptable to answer this question truthfully if there are too few women in their top five. A basis for optimism, however, ...
Women, Gender, and Politics: A Reader

Six areas of research of the subjects of women, gender and politics are debated: social movements, political parties, elections, political representation, public policy, and the state.