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The glass cliff: Evidence that women and ethnic minorities contest “hopeless” seats

Kulich, Clara (2015) The glass cliff: Evidence that women and ethnic minorities contest “hopeless” seats. British Politics and Policy at LSE (08 Apr 2015). Website.

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Abstract

Are women and ethnic minorities set up to fail when they run in UK General Elections? Clara Kulich from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) presents findings from collaborative research with colleagues at the University of Exeter (UK) and the University of Queensland (Australia) which show that in past UK General Elections (2001 to 2010) women and ethnic minority candidates of the Conservative party were preferentially chosen to run for “hopeless seats” — that is, in constituencies where their party was likely to lose.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy
Additional Information: © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
L Education > L Education (General)
Date Deposited: 06 Apr 2017 10:37
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:56
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72802

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