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New Labour's Women MPs

Women Representing Women

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About the Book

Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than half of the new Labour women MPs, Sarah Childs reveals how the women have experienced being MPs, and explores whether they have acted for, and like, women in their constituencies, in parliament and in government. It offers important insights into theories of women's political representation, showing that the relationship between women's descriptive and substantive representation is complicated, that party and gender identities are crucial, that women's differences must be acknowledged and that it might not always be possible for women representatives to act for women, even if they want to.

The book includes sections on women's selection for parliament; whether women MPs act as role models; why it is important that women should be present in politics and women's substantive representation.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Women's Political Representation 3. Women's Numerical Representation 4. Symbolic and Descriptive Representation 5. Substantive Representation 6. Women's Substantive Representation in the Constituency 7. Substantively Representing Women in Parliament 8. The New Labour Women MPs' Loyalty 9. The Women's Minister and the Substantive Representation of Women 10. A Feminized Style of Politics 11. Conclusions 12. Epilogue Appendix . Interview guide

About the Author(s)

Sarah Childs has an MA from the University of York, and a PhD from Kingston University. She was a lecturer at Middlesex University from 2001 to 2003, and is currently a lecturer in Politics at the University of Bristol.