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The Politics of the Second Electorate - Women and Public Participation: Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, France, Spain, West Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Eastern Europe, USSR, Japan (Paperback)
Joni Lovenduski, Jill Hills
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R1,084
Discovery Miles 10 840
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Prior to publication there had been little study of the political
role of women. Gender had been seen only as a background variable
in social surveys of political behaviour, and women had rarely been
extensively or separately considered. Now, in essays specially
written for this volume, first published in 1981, the authors map
out the political behaviour of women in twenty 'industrially
developed' countries, bringing together and analysing contemporary
material on a variety of topics, such as voting, standing for
public office, entering the political elite, and engaging in
political activity outside the formal structures of government. In
each chapter the history of women's political activity is outlined,
from the first movements for female suffrage and emancipation to
the new political involvement occasioned by the women's movements
of the 1970s. The impact of differing political systems on the
experience of women is considered, and some striking similarities
and differences are pointed out. It has been generally agreed that
women's participation in politics has been less than that of men,
although reasons postulated for this have varied widely. The essays
in this book offer further suggestions in this area, while charting
a steady increase in activity by women in all political spheres as
feminism politicises issues previously restricted to private or
male-dominated spheres and women become increasingly concerned to
participate in the political process. The authors indicate current
trends and explode prevailing myths and the 'second electorate',
and they suggest future possibilities, both for Political Woman and
the Political Science which must take account of feminist political
activity. Students of social and political science, readers seeking
comprehensive, cross-national coverage of party and election data,
and all interested women will find the book to be a mine of
information and a rare and readable picture of half the world's
electorate.
Published in 1984, this book reviews British industrial policy
towards information technology within the context of the
international trading system. It argues that the incoherence of
British policy stems from the clash between its core liberal
ideology and its centralised political system and that unless
Britiain's traditional liberal ideology in trade policy was
abandoned within this market, Britiain was set to become a mere
technological dependency of America. It discusses how the British
government needed to develop effective non-tariff barriers in the
form of 'industrial policy' to minimise the political and economic
costs of technological dependence.
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The Politics of the Second Electorate - Women and Public Participation: Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, France, Spain, West Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Eastern Europe, USSR, Japan (Hardcover)
Joni Lovenduski, Jill Hills
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R3,835
Discovery Miles 38 350
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Prior to publication there had been little study of the political
role of women. Gender had been seen only as a background variable
in social surveys of political behaviour, and women had rarely been
extensively or separately considered. Now, in essays specially
written for this volume, first published in 1981, the authors map
out the political behaviour of women in twenty 'industrially
developed' countries, bringing together and analysing contemporary
material on a variety of topics, such as voting, standing for
public office, entering the political elite, and engaging in
political activity outside the formal structures of government. In
each chapter the history of women's political activity is outlined,
from the first movements for female suffrage and emancipation to
the new political involvement occasioned by the women's movements
of the 1970s. The impact of differing political systems on the
experience of women is considered, and some striking similarities
and differences are pointed out. It has been generally agreed that
women's participation in politics has been less than that of men,
although reasons postulated for this have varied widely. The essays
in this book offer further suggestions in this area, while charting
a steady increase in activity by women in all political spheres as
feminism politicises issues previously restricted to private or
male-dominated spheres and women become increasingly concerned to
participate in the political process. The authors indicate current
trends and explode prevailing myths and the 'second electorate',
and they suggest future possibilities, both for Political Woman and
the Political Science which must take account of feminist political
activity. Students of social and political science, readers seeking
comprehensive, cross-national coverage of party and election data,
and all interested women will find the book to be a mine of
information and a rare and readable picture of half the world's
electorate.
Published in 1984, this book reviews British industrial policy
towards information technology within the context of the
international trading system. It argues that the incoherence of
British policy stems from the clash between its core liberal
ideology and its centralised political system and that unless
Britiain's traditional liberal ideology in trade policy was
abandoned within this market, Britiain was set to become a mere
technological dependency of America. It discusses how the British
government needed to develop effective non-tariff barriers in the
form of 'industrial policy' to minimise the political and economic
costs of technological dependence.
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