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Women on the run : gender, media, and political campaigns in a polarized era / Danny Hayes, George Washington University, Jennifer L. Lawless, American University.
Van Pelt Library HQ1236.5.U6 H39 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes, Danny, author.
- Lawless, Jennifer L., 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. House--Elections, 2010.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Elections, 2014.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Women--Political activity--United States--History--21st century.
- Women.
- Women political candidates--United States--History--21st century.
- Women political candidates.
- Women politicians--United States--History--21st century.
- Women politicians.
- Elections.
- Women--Political activity.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Claims of bias against female candidates abound in American politics. From superficial media coverage to gender stereotypes held by voters, the conventional wisdom is that women routinely encounter a formidable series of obstacles that complicate their path to elective office. Women on the Run challenges that prevailing view and argues that the declining novelty of women in politics, coupled with the polarization of the Republican and Democratic parties, has left little space for the sex of a candidate to influence modern campaigns. The book includes in-depth analyses of the 2010 and 2014 congressional elections, which reveal that male and female House candidates communicate similar messages on the campaign trail, receive similar coverage in the local press, and garner similar evaluations from voters in their districts. When they run for office, male and female candidates not only perform equally well on Election Day - they also face a very similar electoral landscape."--Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Gender, myth, and reality on the campaign trail
- Rethinking and reassessing gender differences on the campaign trail
- That's what she said, and so did he
- Sex is no story
- The party, not the person
- The origins and implications of perceptions of gender bias.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107535862
- 1107535867
- 9781107115583
- 1107115582
- OCLC:
- 948668530
- Publisher Number:
- 40026552985
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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