Women and elective office : past, present, and future / edited by Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Sue, 1957- editor.

Wilcox, Clyde, 1953- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in public life--United States.

Women in public life.

Women--Political activity--United States.

Women.

Women political candidates--United States.

Women political candidates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the publication of the first edition of this book, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun's campaign for the presidency in 2004 and the widespread discussion of a run in 2008 run by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have significantly raised the profile of women on the national political stage. At the same time, progress in electing women to the U.S. Congress and state legislatures has stalled. The essays in 'Women and Elective Office', which feature research on women as political candidates and officeholders, address this paradox. Recruitment patterns, media portrayals, and voter reactions to women candidates are analyzed along with the impact of women in office relative to the challenges they face. The second edition includes increased coverage of women on the congressional level, women officeholders of colour, and analysis of women parliamentarians worldwide.

Contents:

Introduction : women and difference / Sue Thomas

Campaign financing / Barbara Burrell

How the public views women candidates / Kathleen Dolan

Women candidates for Congress / Heather Ondercin and Susan Welch

Different portraits, different leaders? : gender differences in U.S. senators' presentation of self / Kim L. Fridkin and Gina Serignese Woodall

Do women and men state legislators differ? / Michael J. Epstein, Richard G. Niemi, and Lynda W. Powell

Women and Congress : do they act as advocates for women's issues? / Michele L. Swers and Carin Larson

Women and Congress : behind the scenes / Debra Dodson

Indelible effects : the impact of women of color in the U.S. Congress / Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Katherine Tate, and Janelle Wong

Change and continuity in the geography of women state legislators / Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox

Women leading legislatures : getting there and getting things done / Cindy Simon Rosenthal

In a different voice : women and the policy process / Lyn Kathlene

Institutional gendering : theoretical insights into the environment of women officeholders / Georgia Duerst-Lahti

Women as political leaders worldwide : cultural barriers and opportunites / Pippa Norris & Ronald Inglehart

Prospects for cracking the political glass ceiling : the future of women officeholders in the twenty-first century / Jean Schroedel & Marcia Godwin.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Previous edition: 1998.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-773446-4

1-280-70447-0

0-19-534623-8

1-4237-6197-9

OCLC:

476016157