theorizing institutional change
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kenny, Meryl
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 6 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- politieke participatie, politieke partijen, personeelsbeleid, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- Political parties can make or break women's attempts to stand for political office.This book nvestigates this problem, bringing together insights from feminist and new institutional theory to explore and understand the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on an original empirical case study of candidate selection in post-devolution Scotland, the book looks at the gendered dynamics of institutional design, continuity and change in the political recruitment process and illustrates the difficulties of reforming recruitment in the face of powerful institutional and gendered legacies.