Women in the club
Subtitle: gender and policy making in the Senate
By: Michele L. Swers
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780226022796; 9780226022826
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; United States. Congress. Senate; Women legislators; Women in politics
Description: Women in the Club is an eye-opening exploration of how women are influencing policy and politics in this erstwhile male bastion of power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Women and the new Senate club; title: A stronger voice for women, children, and families? : gender identity and policy; title: Making on women's issues; title: Playing offense and defense on women's rights; title: Replacing Sandra Day O'Connor : gender and the politics of Supreme Court; title: Nominations; title: Providing for the common defense : gender and national security politics in the post-9/11 world; title: Gender and policy making in the new Senate club.