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Women and Executive Office : Pathways and Performance / ed. by Melody Rose.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Takes stock of the strides that women are making in their paths to and tenure in high-level positions in the executive branches of government.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- 1 Women as Executive Political Leaders
- Part 1 The Federal Level
- 2 The Real ‘08 Fight: Clinton vs. Palin
- 3 The Vice Presidency as the New Glass Ceiling: Media Coverage of Sarah Palin
- 4 Nancy Pelosi as Organizational Leader: In the Footsteps of Mary Parker Follett
- 5 Women in the Obama Administration: Insiders, or Outsiders Looking In?
- Part 2 The State and Local Levels
- 6 Women in the Governor’s Mansion: How Party and Gender Affect Policy Agendas
- 7 Entering the Mayor’s Office: Women’s Decisions to Run for Municipal Positions
- 8 Local Executive Leaders: At the Intersection of Race and Gender
- Part 3 Challenges for Women Executives
- 9 Barriers Bent but Not Broken: Newspaper Coverage of Local and State Elections
- 10 Welcome to the Party? Leadership, Ambition, and Support Among Elites
- 11 Campaign Finance: A Barrier to Reaching the White House?
- 12 Turning the Tables: Behind Every Successful Woman
- Part 4 Conclusion
- 13 Defining the Executive Women Research Agenda
- Bibliography
- The Contributors
- Index
- About the Book
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
- ISBN:
- 1-68585-456-7
- OCLC:
- 1334343743
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