Women and American Politics The Challenges of Political Leadership

Name: Women and American Politics The Challenges of Political Leadership
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ISBN: 9780072930771

ISBN-10: 0072930772

ISBN-13: 9780072930771

Edition: 2007

Authors: Lori Cox Han

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List price: $45.63
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface


Women and Political Leadership Women as Political Leaders: A Historical Perspective


Women as Political Leaders: Does Gender Matter?


Plan of the Book


The Women’s Movement and Feminism in the United States The First Wave of the Women's Movement in America


The Second Wave: The Modern Women's Movement


The Third Wave: Generation X and Beyond


Feminisms and American Politics


Conclusion


Women as Political Participants Women and Political Socialization


Women and the Mass Media


Women as Voters


Women in Political Parties and Interest Groups


Conclusion


Women as Political Candidates Recruiting Women Candidates


Women Candidates and the Electoral Process


Media Coverage of Women Candidates


Conclusion


Women as Legislators Women and Legislative Leadership


Women in Congress: A History


Women in Congress: The Policy Agenda


Women in State Legislatures


Conclusion


Women and Executive Leadership Executive Leadership from a Woman's Perspective


A Woman President


Women in the Executive Branch


Governors and Other Statewide Positions


Mayors


Conclusion


Women in the Judiciary Women and the Law


Women and the Legal Profession


Women as Federal Judges


Women, the Courts, and the Policy Agenda


Women as State and Local Judges


Do Women Judges Act Differently?


Conclusion


Conclusion: Women and Political Leadership in the Twenty-first Century The Women's Movement


Voting Trends and the Gender Gap


Women as Candidates


Women as Officeholders


Conclusion: Women and Leadership Revisited


Index