TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baysting,Arthur
AU  - Campbell,Dyan
AU  - Dagg,Margaret
TI  - Making policy not tea: women in Parliament 
SN  - 0195582756
AV  - JQ5854 .M35 1993
U1  - 328.930082 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Auckland, New York
PB  - Oxford
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Parliament
KW  - House of Representatives
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Women legislators
KW  - Biography
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Elizabeth Reid McCombs --; 1; Starting Out --; 2; Family Life --; 3; Lifestyle --; 4; The Muldoon Years --; 5; Lange and Douglas --; 6; House Work --; 7; Issues --; 8; Gender Politics --; 9; Media --; 10; The New Reality --; Appendices
N2  - Since 1933 thirty-six women have been elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives. They have entered politics for diverse reasons and have adopted a variety of positions across the breadth of the political spectrum. Each has had her own experience and formed her own impressions of life in what remains an essentially male-dominated institution. And yet, within this diversity, there is perhaps some sense of a common ground of a women's constituency which transcends electoral boundaries and crosses party lines. In compiling this book, the editors have given the women MPs of the eighties and nineties a rare chance to speak for themselves, to go beyond the constraints of the sound-bite and reflect upon the interplay between their public and private lives. They talk freely about the way Parliament is run, about their individual philosophies, and about the difficulties facing anyone thinking of following in their footsteps. They offer fresh perspectives on the Muldoon years and the turbulence of the Lange-Douglas era. And, above all, they present a series of shrewd, contrasted, and opinionated insights into life in and around the House as experienced by parliamentary women and their male colleagues. All of this ensures that Making Policy Not Tea is both compelling reading and a unique and timely contribution to New Zealand's political culture
ER  -