Nugent, Mary and Krook, Mona Lena (2016) Gender quotas do not pose a threat to “merit” at any stage of the political process. Democratic Audit UK (19 Feb 2016). Website.
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Abstract
The UK Labour Party has long utilised All-Women candidate shortlists in an aim to ensure that female representation in the House of Commons increases. This has always been controversial, however it has been responsible for a noted increase in the number of female MPs in general and female Labour MPs in particular. Here, Mary Nugent and Mona Lena Krook dispel some of the myths around All-Women Shortlists, and show that gender quotas do not pose a threat to ‘merit’, and that the diversity they have fostered has brought about a number of important democratic outcomes.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.democraticaudit.com |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2017 08:38 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 20:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80846 |
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