Legislative Women: Getting Elected, Getting Ahead

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2008

Legislative Women

Getting Elected, Getting Ahead

Edited by: Beth Reingold

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685857868

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About this book

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 Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 Understanding the Complex World of Women in US Politics Beth Reingold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART 1 Getting Elected
2 Competing in Congressional Primaries Jennifer L. Lawless and Kathryn Pearson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3 Political Parties, Fund-raising, and Sex Barbara Burrell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4 Confronting Stereotypes and Double Standards in Campaign Communication Dianne Bystrom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5 Symbolic Mobilization? The Impact of Candidate Sex Kathleen Dolan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6 Does “Running as a Woman” Mobilize Voters? Atiya Kai Stokes-Brown and Melissa Olivia Neal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
PART 2 Getting Ahead
7 Policy Leadership Beyond “Women’s” Issues Michele L. Swers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
8 Committee Assignments: Discrimination or Choice? Susan J. Carroll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
9 Representing Gender and Ethnicity: Strategic Intersectionality Luis Ricardo Fraga, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Linda Lopez and Ricardo Ramírez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
10 Gender, Race, and the Exercise of Power and Influence Wendy G. Smooth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
11 Climbing Higher: Opportunities and Obstacles Within the Party Syste Cindy Simon Rosenthal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
PART 3 Conclusion
12 Taking Stock and Setting a New Agenda Karen O’Connor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 275

eBook

Published: July 1, 2008
ISBN: 9781685857868