Gender and elections : shaping the future of American politics / edited by Susan J. Carroll, Richard L. Fox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carroll, Susan J., 1950- editor.

Fox, Richard L., 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--United States.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

Sex role--Political aspects.

Women political candidates.

United States.

Elections--United States.

Elections.

Voting--United States.

Voting.

Women political candidates--United States.

Sex role--Political aspects--United States.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

xvi, 319 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, [2018]

Contents:

Presidential elections: gendered space and the case of 2016 / Georgia Duerst-Lahti and Madison Oakley

Disrupting masculine dominance? Women as presidential and vice presidential contenders / Kelly Dittmar

Voter participation and turnout: the political generational divide among women deepens / Susan A. MacManus

Voting choices: the significance of women voters and the gender gap / Susan J. Carroll

Trumpeando Latinas/os: race, gender, immigration, and the role of Latinas/os / Anna Sampaio

African American women and electoral politics: the core of the new American electorate / Wendy G. Smooth

Congressional elections: women's candidacies and the road to gender parity / Richard L. Fox

Political parties and women's organizations: bringing women into the electoral arena / Barbara Burrell

Gender and communication on the campaign trail: media coverage, advertising, and online outreach / Dianne Bystrom

Women's election to office in the fifty states: opportunities and challenges / Kira Sanbonmatsu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108405416

110840541X

9781108417518

1108417515

OCLC:

1014132145