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dc.contributor.authorAkhtar, Parveen
dc.contributor.authorFawcett, Paul
dc.contributor.authorLegrand, Tim
dc.contributor.authorMarsh, David
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Chloe
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:56:40Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:56:40Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2014-05-22T22:16:08Z
dc.identifier.issn16804333
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210039
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/59218
dc.description.abstractWhile some 40 per cent of the students undertaking political science degrees in the UK are women, about three-quarters of those teaching them are men. This article examines why female undergraduates are less likely to go into graduate work in politics, utilising focus groups conducted with groups of male and female students and interviews with the female students in four large UK universities. The research identifies eight key factors that impacted upon our respondents' decisions to undertake further study. The first four affected both men and women, although there were subtle, yet important, differences in how the women spoke about these issues, and can be somewhat loosely categorised as: money; making a difference; lack of information; and self-confidence. The other four factors influenced the women's, but not the men's, views about graduate work and the profession: stereotyping; role models; family commitments, and time constraints. On the basis of our research, we suggest how national political science associations and individual departments might increase the number of women undertaking graduate work
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom242
dc.relation.ispartofpageto255
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEuropean Political Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhilosophy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160699
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2203
dc.titleWomen in the political science profession
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLegrand, Timothy


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