Political Recruitment: Gender, Race and Class in the British Parliament

by Joni Lovenduski and Pippa Norris

In this compelling book Pippa Norris and Joni Lovenduski provide the first full account of legislative recruitment in Britain for twenty-five years. Their central concern is how and why some politicians succeed in moving into the highest offices of state, while others fail. The book examines the relative dearth of women, black and working-class Members of Parliament, and whether the evident social bias in the British political ?lite matters for political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521469619
• ISBN13: 9780521469616
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"