Women and Elective Office

Past, Present, and Future

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2014 | 3rd Revised edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-932873-4 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive look at where women candidates and officeholders stand at this moment in time, what brought them to this point, and what their prospects are in the 21st century.

This edition of Women and Elective Office offers the latest research on women as candidates and officeholders. It provides a comprehensive look at at the history and status of women in elective office, their prospects for the future, and why women in elected office matter to American democracy. It features all-new essays and up-to-the-minute research by leading experts in the field, including the latest political trends and events such as Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for the presidency, women's representation on the state and local level, the diversity of women officeholders' experiences and circumstances, and female judges. Women and Elective Office is an essential guide to understanding the past, present, and future of women in all echelons of government.

Sue Thomas is Senior Research Scientist and Director of PIRE-Santa Cruz. Clyde Wilcox is a professor in the Government Department at Georgetown.

1. Introduction ; Sue Thomas ; 2. Women's Under-Representation in U.S. Politics: The Enduring Gender Gap in Political Ambition ; Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox, and Gail Baitinger ; 3. Voter Attitudes, Behaviors, and Women Candidates ; Timothy R. Lynch and Kathleen Dolan ; 4. The Race for the Presidency: Hillary Rodham Clinton ; Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose ; 5. Hillary Rodham-Clinton: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Female Political Figures ; Moana Vercoe, Randall Gonzalez, and Jean Reith Schroedel ; 6. Women and Campaigns ; Rebekah Herrick and Jeanette Morehouse Mendez ; 7. Conservative Women Run for Office ; Ronnee Schreiber ; 8. Different Portraits, Different Leaders? Gender Differencesin U.S. Senators' Presentationof Self ; Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney ; 9. Female Governors and Gubernatorial Candidates ; Valerie R. O'Regan and Stephen J.Stambough ; 10. Representing Women's Interests in a Polarized Congress ; Michele L. Swers ; 11. Women State Legislators:Women's Issues in Partisan Environments ; Tracy Osborn and Rebecca Kreitzer ; 12. Entry Level Politics? Women as Candidates and Elected Officials at the Local Level ; Laura van Assendelft ; 13. Judicial Women ; Sally J. Kenney ; 14. Woman of Color Candidates and Officeholders ; Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Katherine Tate, and Janelle Wong ; 15. Lesbian Candidates and Officeholders ; Donald P. Haider-Markel and Chelsie Lynn Moore Bright ; 16. The Geography of Women ; Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox ; 17. Women in Elective Office Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities ; Pippa Norris and Mona Lena Krook

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.4.2014
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	231 x 155 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-19-932873-0 / 0199328730
ISBN-13	978-0-19-932873-4 / 9780199328734
Zustand	Neuware