UID:
almafu_9960773338302883
Format:
1 online resource (275 p.)
ISBN:
9781685857868
Content:
This wide-ranging study grapples with the increasingly complex array of opportunities and challenges that face women today as both legislative candidates and elected officials. Offering cutting-edge, original research, Legislative Women expands our knowledge on an array of critical topics. The contributors address everything from campaign finance to the significance of race and ethnicity, from media relations to how women advance within the ranks of the elite, and more. As they examine exactly how and in what circumstances gender matters, they bring new depth to the study of women and politics.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Tables and Figures --
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Acknowledgments --
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1 Understanding the Complex World of Women in US Politics --
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PART 1 Getting Elected --
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2 Competing in Congressional Primaries --
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3 Political Parties, Fund-raising, and Sex --
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4 Confronting Stereotypes and Double Standards in Campaign Communication --
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5 Symbolic Mobilization? The Impact of Candidate Sex --
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6 Does “Running as a Woman” Mobilize Voters? --
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PART 2 Getting Ahead --
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7 Policy Leadership Beyond “Women’s” Issues --
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8 Committee Assignments: Discrimination or Choice? --
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9 Representing Gender and Ethnicity: Strategic Intersectionality --
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10 Gender, Race, and the Exercise of Power and Influence --
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11 Climbing Higher: Opportunities and Obstacles Within the Party Syste --
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PART 3 Conclusion --
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12 Taking Stock and Setting a New Agenda --
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References --
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The Contributors --
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Index --
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About the Book
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781685857868
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685857868
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685857868
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685857868
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685857868
