Legislative women
Subtitle: getting elected, getting ahead
By: edited by Beth Reingold.
Contributors: Reingold, Beth.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781588265920; 9781588265678
Subjects: Women politicians; Women in politics
Description: "This wide-ranging new 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding the complex world of women in U.S. politics / Beth Reingold; title: Competing in congressional primaries / Jennifer L. Lawless and Kathryn Pearson; title: Political parties, fundraising, and sex / Barbara Burrell; title: Confronting stereotypes and double standards in campaign communication / Dianne Bystrom; title: Symbolic mobilization? the impact of candidate sex / Kathleen Dolan; title: Does running as a woman mobilize voters? / Atiya Kai Stokes-Brown and Melissa Olivia Neal; title: Policy leadership beyond women's issues / Michele L. Swers; title: Committee assignments : discrimination or choice? / Susan J. Carroll; title: Representing gender and ethnicity : strategic intersectionality / Luis Ricardo Fraga ... [et al.]; title: Gender, race, and the exercise of power and influence / Wendy G. Smooth; title: Climbing higher : opportunities and obstacles within the party system / Cindy Simon Rosenthal; title: Taking stock and setting a new agenda / Karen O'Connor.