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This book addresses the problem of the underrepresentation of women in politics, by examining how language use constructs and maintains inequality in political institutions. Drawing on different political genres from televised debates to parliamentary question times, and fifty interviews with politicians between 1998 and 2018, the book identifies the barriers and obstacles women face by considering how gender stereotypes constrain women's participation, and give them additional burdens. By comparing the UK House of Commons with newer institutions such as the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly, it asks: how successful have newer institutions been in encouraging equal participation? What are the interactional procedures that can be thought of as making an institution more egalitarian? It also explores the workings and effects of sexism, fraternal networks, high visibility in the media, and gendered discourses, through detailed case studies of Theresa May, Julia Gillard and Hillary Clinton.

Women --- Sex role --- Feminism --- Women politicians. --- Sexism in political culture. --- Male domination (Social structure) --- Domination, Male (Social structure) --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social control --- Patriarchy --- Sex discrimination against women --- Political culture --- Politicians --- Women in politics --- Political activity. --- Political aspects.

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Gender, Power and Political Speech explores the influence of gender on political speech by analyzing the performances of three female party leaders who took part in televised debates during the 2015 UK General Election campaign. The analysis considers similarities and differences between the women and their male colleagues, as well as between the women themselves; it also discusses the way gender - and its relationship to language - was taken up as an issue in media coverage of the campaign. Deborah Cameron is Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University. She has been an active researcher in the field of language and gender studies since 1985, and her previous publications include The Myth of Mars and Venus(2007), On Language and Sexual Politics (2006) and Feminism and Linguistic Theory (1992). Sylvia Shaw is Senior Lecturer in English Language at Middlesex University, UK. She has examined gender and language in the House of Commons, and conducted ESRC funded research in all the UK’s legislative assemblies. She has published book chapters and journal articles, and is currently preparing a book, Women, Language and Politics.

Linguistics. --- Great Britain --- Applied linguistics. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Discourse analysis. --- Pragmatics. --- Sociology. --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Gender Studies. --- Discourse Analysis. --- British Politics. --- Applied Linguistics. --- Politics and government. --- Women --- Language and languages --- Campaign debates --- Elections --- Language. --- Sex differences. --- Political activity --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Pragmalinguistics --- General semantics --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Psychological aspects --- Philosophy --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Debates and debating --- Political oratory --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Language and sex --- Sexism in language --- Sex differences --- Great Britain-Politics and gover. --- Great Britain—Politics and government. --- Great Britain. --- Grande-Bretagne. --- Elections, 2015. --- Élections (2015). --- 英國. --- England and Wales.

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Historical fiction.