Rethinking Right-Wing Women - Gender and the Conservative Party, 1880s to the Present (Hardcover)

Rethinking Right-Wing Women explores the institutional structures for and the representations, mobilisation, and the political careers of women in the British Conservative Party since the late 19th century. From the Primrose League (est.1883) to Women2Win (est.2005), the party has exploited women's political commitment and their social power from the grass-roots to the heights of the establishment. Yet, although it is the party that extended the equal franchise, had the first woman MP to sit Parliament, and produced the first two women Prime Ministers, the UK Conservative Party has developed political roles for women that jar with feminist and progressive agendas. Conservative women have tended to be more concerned about the fulfilment of women's duties than the realisation of women's rights. This book tackles the ambivalences between women's politicisation and women's emancipation in the history of Britain's most electorally successful and hegemonic political party. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Perspectives on the Right
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Clarisse Berthezene • Julie Gottlieb
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-78499-438-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political parties > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-78499-438-3
Barcode:	9781784994389

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