Sex, Gender and the Conservative Party

1. Introduction
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Section I. Women’s Political Representation

2. Conservatism, Representation and Feminization
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Section II. Women’s Descriptive Representation in the Conservative Party

3. Women Members and the Party’s Women’s Organizations
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4. Conservative Legislative Recruitment
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5. Reforming Parliamentary Selection: Party Change, Parliamentarian and Party Member Attitudes
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Section III. Women’s Substantive Representation

6. Party Member Attitudes and Women’s Policy (by and for women?)
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7. Sex, Gender and Parliamentary Behaviour in the 2005 Parliament
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Section IV. Feminization and Party Strategy

8. Feminization and Party Cohesion: Conservative Ideological Tendencies and Gender Politics
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9. The Feminization Strategy and the Electorate
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10. Conclusion
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Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, British Politics, Gender Studies, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Political Theory, US Politics