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If women’s political behaviour increasingly resembles men’s at the grassroots, differences remain stark further up the ladder. Women are still grossly under-represented within those élites, where by definition political power is concentrated. Why should this be so and, from a feminist viewpoint, does it matter?
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© 1982 Vicky Randall
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Randall, V. (1982). Women in Political Elites. In: Women and Politics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16880-4_4
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