Deeds and Words: Gendering Politics after Joni Lovenduski
About this ebook
This book addresses key themes in Lovenduski’s seminal work. State-of-the-art chapters by leading scholars cover gender and parties; elected institutions and the state; quotas and recruitment; public opinion and women’s interests. Vignettes by prominent politicians and practitioners, including Dame Anne Begg MP, Baroness Gould, Deborah Mattinson, and the Rt Hon Theresa May, bring the academic analysis to life.
Deeds and Words reveals the impact of feminist interventions on politics in the round. Its groundbreaking assessment of feminist scholarship and politics offers an appraisal of, and fitting tribute to, Lovenduski’s own contribution to gender studies and feminist politics.
About the author
Rosie Campbell is lecturer in research methods at the School of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London. She researches gender and representation, participation and voting behaviour. She is currently involved in the British Representation Study 2005, a study of the backgrounds, attitudes and experiences of MPs and candidates. Previous publications include Gender, Ideology and Issue Preference: Is there such a Thing as a Political Women's interest in Britain? BJPIR 6:20-46,Winning Women's Votes? The Incremental Track to Equality with Joni Lovenduski in Parliamentary Affairs, October 2005 and the electoral commission report Gender and Political Participation with Pippa Norris and Joni Lovenduski, published in 2004.
Sarah Childs is Professor of Politics at the University of Bristol, and Director of the UoB’s SPAIS Gender Research Centre. She has published widely on gender, representation, political parties and the UK Parliament. Her latest book, Sex, Gender and the Conservative Party: From Iron Lady to Kitten Heels, with Paul Webb, was published in 2012.
