Deeds and Words. Gendering Politics after Joni Lovenduski. Edited by Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs

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1 Deeds and Words Gendering Politics after Joni Lovenduski Edited by Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs

2 R. Campbell and S. Childs 2014 Cover image courtesy and thanks to Ila Grimalidi First published by the ECPR Press in 2014 The ECPR Press is the publishing imprint of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), a scholarly association, which supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national cooperation of political scientists in institutions throughout Europe and beyond. ECPR Press University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ UK All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Typeset by ECPR Press Printed and bound by Lightning Source British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Hardback ISBN: PDF ISBN:

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5 Contents List of Abbreviations Contributors Acknowledgements ix xi xvii Foreword by Albert Weale 1 Introduction: Deeds and Words 3 Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs Chapter One: Gendering Political Science 15 Vicky Randall Chapter Two: The Comparative Study of Politics and Gender 35 Yvonne Galligan Chapter Three: Representation 51 Karen Celis Chapter Four: Feminising Political Parties 73 Sarah Childs and Rainbow Murray Vignette Gender and Party Politics: The feminisation of the Conservative Party by Theresa May MP 91 Chapter Five : Gender and Political Institutions 93 Fiona Mackay with Faith Armitage and Rosa Malley Vignette Gender and Political institutions: Twinning the Scottish Experience by Alice Brown CBE 113 Chapter Six: Women, Gender Politics and the State: The Words and Deeds of RNGS 117 Amy G. Mazur and Dorothy E. McBride Vignette Women and the State: Re-gendering our institutions by Baroness Howe 133

6 Chapter Seven: The Critical Mass Theory in Public and Scholarly Debates 137 Drude Dahlerup Vignette The Story of Critical Mass: Women at Westminster by Jackie Ashley 165 Chapter Eight: Gender and Political Recruitment 167 Meryl Kenny Vignette Gender and Political Recruitment: How Can You Get the Best Person For the Job When the Best Person Hasn t Even Applied? by Dame Anne Begg MP 183 Chapter Nine: How Quotas Work: The Supply and Demand Model Revisited 185 Pippa Norris and Mona Lena Krook Vignette Beyond Quotas: Reflections on Parity in France by Axelle Lemaire 207 Chapter Ten: Gendering Policy: Praxis 209 Joyce Outshoorn and Jennifer Rubin Vignette Gendering Policy: The Relationship Between Academia and Policy Campaigns by Mary-Ann Stephenson 225 Chapter Eleven: The Slippery Slope: Measuring Women s Political Interests 229 Peter Allen, Rosie Campbell and Ana Espírito-Santo Vignette Women s Political Interests: How the Women s Vote is Decisive by Deborah Mattinson 247 Biography of Joni Lovenduski by 251 Judith Squires Afterword: Joni Lovenduski s Contribution to Political Science 255 Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs Bibliography 257 Index 263

7 List of Figures, Tables and Boxes Figures Figure 7.1: Women s representation in five Nordic Parliaments and House of Commons, UK: Figure 9.1: The sequential recruitment process in the European parliament 188 Figure 9.2: How types of gender quota policies effect the nomination of women 191 Tables Table 9.1: Women in the European Parliament, Table 9.2: Demand-side: Gatekeeper support 195 Table 9.3: Demand-side: Distribution of campaign resources 196 Table 9.4: Demand side: Who are the gatekeepers? 196 Table 9.5: Supply-side: Strength of leadership experience 199 Table 9.6: Supply-side: Social background and resources 200 Table 9.7: Supply side: Political ambitions 200 Boxes Box 5.1: The Speakership, Gender and Parliamentary Change Faith Armitage 101 Box 5.2: Feeling at Home: Inclusion at Westminster and the Scottish Parliament Rosa Malley 105 Box 10.1: The EU and gender: Fundamental rights, mainstreaming gender, immigration and the Lisbon Strategy Jennifer Rubin 219

8 List of Abbreviations AWS BC EOC RNGS UN All Women Shortlists British Columbia Equal Opportunities Commission, UK Research Network on Gender, Politics and the State United Nations