It's Not Just Tea and Buns

Women and Pro-union Politics in Northern Ireland

Bibliographic Data

ID8062880
AuthorsRachel J Ward (corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume6
Issue4
Pages494-506
Publication date2004-10-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Politics and International Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-1481 • E-ISSN: 1467-856X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-856x.2004.00152.x
OpenAlexW2076591125
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited10

This article assesses the reasons for the ongoing under-representation of women in Northern Ireland politics, with particular reference to women who take a pro-union stance. The stereotype that unionist women ‘just make the tea’ is challenged through evidence that they participate in many different tiers of government and in community organisations. The article draws upon qualitative evidence of pro-union women's political activism and their motivations, analysed through perspectives from the literature on gender, nationalism and participation. The article argues that while women remain under-represented, particularly in the more powerful and salaried regional and national levels of government, they also do more than the stereotype allows

Ethnology · Government (linguistics · Nationalism · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Stereotype (UML · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Irish and British Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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