Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments: Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western EuropeOhio State University Press, 2006 - 190 pages |
Contents
Figures | 1 |
2 | 18 |
3 | 25 |
Leadership | 40 |
4 | 50 |
Women Parties and the House of Commons | 67 |
1 | 71 |
6 | 85 |
7 | 103 |
8 | 118 |
Implications for Party Theory | 129 |
10 | 137 |
Appendix A List of Sources for Party Variables Used in the Study | 159 |
| 169 | |
| 183 | |
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