Can the Tories find IDS angels who can trump Blair's babes
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An examination of how Jo Silverster, a professor of occupation psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, who has little interest in politics, showed the Conservative Party in the UK how it could give more women a chance to get elected to Parliament. The Conservative's had approached Silvester as a result of her expertise in candidate selection as they sought a solution for the problem of getting female candidates chosen for winnable seats.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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A true cosmopolitan in search of the bigger picture
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Charlie Jeffrey, director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Devolution and Constitutional Change program, analyses the impact of the devolution of power in the United Kingdom ahead of a vote on the issue of the creation of the first regional assembly in England in the Northeast of the country. Jeffrey believes that the vote will be fore the creation of a regional assembly, followed by other such bodies in the rest of the country.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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Voters who double-click don't want double talk, just real interaction with their politicians
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An analysis of how the Internet will impact on the forthcoming general election in the UK. It is argued that the idea of e-voting is not yet viable, as it has yet to be proven that e-voting is either secure or secret enough to be a valid option, and that none of the political parties have any idea about how to use the Internet as an effective marketing tool.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2005
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