Gender and elections
Subtitle: shaping the future of American politics
By: edited by Susan J. Carroll, Richard L. Fox
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780521518208; 9780521734479
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Presidential elections : gendered space and the case of 2008 / Georgia Duerst-Lahti; title: The 2008 candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin : cracking the "highest, hardest glass ceiling" / Susan J. Carroll and Kelly Dittmar; title: Voter participation and turnout : female "star power" attracts women voters / Susan A. MacManus; title: Voting choices : the politics of the gender gap / Susan J. Carroll; title: Latinas and electoral politics: movin' on up / Christine Marie Sierra; title: African American women and electoral politics : a challenge to the post-race rhetoric of the Obama moment / Wendy G. Smooth; title: Congressional elections : women's candidacies and the road to gender parity? / Richard L. Fox; title: Political parties and women's organizations : bringing women into the electoral arena / Barbara Burrell; title: Advertising, web sites, and media coverage : gender and communication along the campaign trail / Dianne Bystrom; title: State elections : where do women run? where do women win? / Kira Sanbonmatsu.