TY - CHAP AB - Formal and informal interactions in the political elite and between the political elite and other actors have attracted a great deal of research (Petersson, 1996; Munk Christiansen, Möller, & Togeby, 2001; Moore, Sobieraj, Whitt, Mayorova, & Beaulieu, 2002). However, such research has mainly been concerned with the contacts of leading politicians once they have already become part of the elite, not the role that contacts might have played in their recruitment. VL - 23 SN - 978-1-84950-466-9, 978-0-76231-379-2/0195-6310 DO - 10.1016/S0195-6310(06)23004-7 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0195-6310(06)23004-7 AU - Niklasson Birgitta ED - Fredrik Engelstad ED - Trygve Gulbrandsen PY - 2006 Y1 - 2006/01/01 TI - Importance of Contacts and Women's Political Representation T2 - Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites T3 - Comparative Social Research PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 55 EP - 75 Y2 - 2024/05/05 ER -