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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      07 December 2009
      24 November 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511598609
      9780521469616
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598609
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      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.475kg, 336 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, British Government, Politics and Policy, European Studies, Politics and International Relations
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, British Government, Politics and Policy, European Studies, Politics and International Relations
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    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 élite matters for political representation. Legislative recruitment concerns the critical step from lower levels (activists, local counsellors) to a parliamentary career. The authors draw evidence from the first systematic surveys of parliamentary candidates, Members of Parliament and party selectors, as well as detailed personal interviews. The study explores how and why people become politicians, and the consequences for parties, legislatures and representative government.

    Awards

    Winner, 2018 George H. Hallet Award, Representation and Electoral Systems Section, American Political Science Association

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    ‘Political Recruitment is likely to become the standard work of its kind, and it certainly deserves to be, for the depth of its scholarship, the comprehensive scope of its research, and the logic with which its case is reasoned.’

    Source: Talking Politics

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