Private Roots of Public Action Gender, Equality, and Political Participation

Name: Private Roots of Public Action Gender, Equality, and Political Participation
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ISBN: 9780674006607

ISBN-10: 0674006607

ISBN-13: 9780674006607

Edition: 2001

Authors: Nancy Burns, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba

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Why, after several generations of suffrage and a revival of the women's movement in the late 1960s, do women continue to be less politically active than men? Why are they less likely to seek public office or join political organizations? The Private Roots of Public Action is the most comprehensive study of this puzzle of unequal participation. The authors develop new methods to trace gender differences in political activity to the nonpolitical institutions of everyday life--the family, school, workplace, nonpolitical voluntary association, and church. Different experiences with these institutions produce differences in the resources, skills, and political orientations that facilitate…

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List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 470
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Richard Foley is professor of philosophy and vice chancellor for strategic planning at New York University. He is the author of "Intellectual Trust in Oneself and Others," "Working Without a Net: A Study of Egocentric Epistemology," and "The Theory of Epistemic Rationality."



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Citizenship and Unequal Participation



Studying Gender and Participation: A Brief Discourse on Method



Civic Activity: Political and Non-Political



The Political Worlds of Men and Women



The Legacy of Home and School



Domestic Tranquility: The Beliefs of Wives and Husbands



Domestic Hierarchy: The Household as a Social System



The Workplace Roots of Political Activity



The Realm of Voluntarism: Non-Political Associations and Religious Institutions



Gender, Institutions, and Political Participation



Gender, Race or Ethnicity, and Participation



Family Life and Political Life



What If Politics Weren't a Man's Game?



Conclusion: The Private Roots of Public Action


Appendixes



Numbers of Cases



Ranges of Variables



Supplementary Tables



Explanation of Outcomes Analysis


Index