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Women and American Politics

Author : Susan J. Carroll

Publisher : OUP Oxford

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 47,12 MB

Release : 2003-02-06

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0191522090

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Women and American Politics brings together leading scholars in the field of women and politics to provide an account of recent developments and the challenges that the future brings for the study of gender and American Politics. The book examines women's participation in the electoral arena and the emerging scholarship on the relationship between the media and women in politics, the participation of women of colour, and women's activism outside the electoral arena. This volume demonstrates both the wealth of knowledge about women and American politics by the current generation of scholars and the vast number and range of important research questions, which pose a challenge for the next generation.



Gender and Elections

Author : Susan J. Carroll

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 29,89 MB

Release : 2005-12-26

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9781139447898

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Gender and Elections offers a systematic, lively, multi-faceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2004 elections. This timely, yet enduring, volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2004 elections and providing a more long-term, in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding and interpreting presidential elections, voter participation and turnout, voting choices, congressional elections, the participation of African American women, the support of political parties and women's organizations, candidate communications with voters, and state elections. Without question, this book is the most comprehensive, reliable, and trustworthy resource on the role of gender in electoral politics.



Gender and American Politics

Author : Sue Tolleson-Rinehart

Publisher : M.E. Sharpe

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 13,99 MB

Release : 2005-04-25

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9780765631565

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Studies of gender and American political life most often focus only on women. This book fills the gap by examining and comparing the roles and behavior of both men and women in political decision-making, public policy, and political institutions. Now updated and expanded, the book presents a full complement of empirical studies of real and imagined gender gaps. New to this edition are chapters on the media, legislative behavior, foreign policy, and the future of the gender dimension in American politics. The book is structured to parallel the typical course on the American political system.



Political Women and American Democracy

Author : Christina Wolbrecht

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 278 pages

File Size : 32,31 MB

Release : 2008-03-24

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9780521713849

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What do we know about women, politics, and democracy in the United States? The last thirty years have witnessed a remarkable increase in women's participation in American politics and an explosion of research on female political actors, and the transformations effected by them, during the same period. Political Women and American Democracy provides a critical synthesis of scholarly research by leading experts in the field. The collected essays examine women as citizens, voters, participants, movement activists, partisans, candidates, and legislators. The authors provide frameworks for understanding and organizing existing scholarship; focus on theoretical, methodological, and empirical debates; and map out productive directions for future research. As the only book to offer "state of the field" essays on women and gender in U.S. politics, Political Women and American Democracy will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students studying and conducting women and politics research.



Gender and Elections

Author : Susan J. Carroll

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 317 pages

File Size : 31,71 MB

Release : 2013-12-23

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1107729246

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The third edition of Gender and Elections offers a systematic, lively, and multifaceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2012 elections. This timely yet enduring volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2012 elections and providing a more long-term, in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding and interpreting presidential elections, presidential and vice-presidential candidacies, voter participation and turnout, voting choices, congressional elections, the political involvement of Latinas, the participation of African American women, the support of political parties and women's organizations, candidate communications with voters, and state elections. Without question, Gender and Elections is the most comprehensive, reliable, and trustworthy resource on the role of gender in US electoral politics.



Women and the Historical Enterprise in America

Author : Julie Des Jardins

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 40,80 MB

Release : 2003

Category : History

ISBN : 9780807854754

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Book Description

Looks at the works of women historians, from the late nineteenth century to the end of World War II, and their impact on the social and cultural history of the United States.



The Political Psychology of Women in U.S. Politics

Author : Angela L. Bos

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 37,90 MB

Release : 2016-10-26

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 113483120X

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The Political Psychology of Women in U.S. Politics is a comprehensive resource for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in women and politics. Highly original and drawing from the best available research in psychology and political science, this book is designed to summarize and extend interdisciplinary research that addresses how and why men and women differ as citizens, as political candidates, and as officeholders. The chapters in this volume are focused on differences in the political behavior and perceptions of men and women, yet the chapters also speak to broader topics within American politics – including political socialization, opinion formation, candidate emergence, and voting behavior. Broadly, this volume addresses the causes and consequences of women’s underrepresentation in American government. This book is the ideal resource for students and researchers of all levels interested in understanding the unique political experiences of diverse women, and the importance of rectifying the problem of gender disparities in American politics.



Black Women and Politics in New York City

Author : Julie A. Gallagher

Publisher : University of Illinois Press

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 29,46 MB

Release : 2012-06-15

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0252094107

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An essential contribution to twentieth-century political history, Black Women and Politics in New York City documents African American women in New York City fighting for justice, civil rights, and equality in the turbulent world of formal politics from the suffrage and women's rights movements to the feminist era of the 1970s. Historian and human rights activist Julie A. Gallagher deftly examines how race, gender, and the structure of the state itself shape outcomes, and exposes the layers of power and discrimination at work in American society. She combines her analysis with a look at the career of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress and the first to run for president on a national party ticket. In so doing, she rewrites twentieth-century women's history and the dominant narrative arcs of feminist history that hitherto ignored African American women and their accomplishments.



Gender, Race, and Social Identity in American Politics

Author : Lori L. Montalbano

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 309 pages

File Size : 27,82 MB

Release : 2019-08-26

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1498573843

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Gender, Race, and Social Identity in American Politics: The Past and Future of Political Access explores the ways in which cultural expression is represented in American politics as it intersects with issues of gender, race, and the construction of social identity. Specifically, this body of work examines how representations in the media and larger culture can establish and diminish the status of diverse communities of American politicians. Contributors analyze the rhetorical and performative changes that have occurred in America as it has shifted politically from growing acceptance and tolerance to an obscure—and often hostile—conservative ideology. This book contributes to the growing dialogue surrounding American politics by citing specific cases of gender and race-based infringements of the current political system, as purported by media and party players. This book will be especially useful to scholars of political science, media studies, gender studies, and critical race studies.



Angels in the Machinery

Author : Rebecca Edwards

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 253 pages

File Size : 46,70 MB

Release : 1997

Category : History

ISBN : 0195116968

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Offering an analysis of the centrality of gender to politics in the United States from the days of the Whigs to the early 20th century, the author argues that women in the US participated actively and transformed forever the ideology of American party politics before they got the right to vote.