num_pages: 354
description: <p>In revising classic works in political science, Longman celebrates the contributions its authors and their research have made to the discipline. The Longman Classics in Political Science series honors these authors and their work. Providing students with an updated context, each title in the series includes a foreword, written by one of today's top scholars, offering a fresh, in-depth analysis of the book and its enduring contributions.</p>
<p>By combining historical and topical approaches with a focus on political rights, education and employment, and familial and reproductive rights, Women, Politics, and American Society offers a comprehensive overview of where women stand today in America and the battles they have fought to get there. By providing strategies for changes that still need to be made before full equality can be reached, this text motivates readers to pursue subjects in which they are particularly interested in greater detail, and it encourages students to become active participants in the political process.</p>
<p>New to the Fifth Edition</p>
<p>New "Profiles in Leadership" boxes focus on the backgrounds and contributions of individual women leaders like Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Kathleen Sebelius, and District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.</p>
<p>"Women and Politics" boxes highlight critical political issues and events relevant to women and cover new topics, including President Obama's signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Bill and equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.</p>
<p>Updated "Global Awareness" boxes provide cross-national statistics on current issues such as declining birthrates and the global economy and state-funded family leave around the world.</p>
<p>Tables, charts, and graphs have been replaced or updated with new data highlighting current public opinion regarding women and politics with cross-national comparisons of women's issues.</p>
<p>New analysis of the impact of the global economic recession on women's equality in employment enhances the discussion of women's economic status.</p>
<p>New coverage of women in politics at the local, state, and national level, and their continued underrepresentation, is included throughout the text.</p>
language: en
title: Women, Politics, and American Society (Longman Classics in Political Science)
publisher: Longman