Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future

by Sue Thomas (Editor), Clyde Wilcox (Editor)

Overview

Since the publication of the first edition of this book, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun's campaign for the presidency in 2004 and the widespread discussion of a run in 2008 by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have significantly raised the profile of women on the national political stage. At the same time, progress in electing women to the U.S. Congress and state legislatures has stalled. The essays in Women and Elective Office: Past, Present and Future, which feature research on women as political candidates and officeholders, address this paradox. Recruitment patterns, media portrayals, and voter reactions to women candidates are analyzed along with the impact of women in office relative to the challenges they face. The 2nd edition includes increased coverage of women on the congressional level, women officeholders of color, and analysis of women parliamentarians worldwide. In total, Women and Elective Office offers a comprehensive look at the experiences and influence of women politicians today, while considering women's prospects for political leadership in the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195346237
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/02/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Sue Thomas is Senior Policy Researcher at Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. She has previously served as Director of Women's Studies at Georgetown University and is the author of How Women Legislate (OUP, 1994).

Clyde Wilcox is Professor of Government at Georgetown University. His most recent books include the Financiers of Congressional Elections: Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates, and Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, the Few, and the Many.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Sue Thomas
2. Women's Under-Representation in U.S. Politics: The Enduring Gender Gap in Political Ambition
Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox, and Gail Baitinger
3. Voter Attitudes, Behaviors, and Women Candidates
Timothy R. Lynch and Kathleen Dolan
4. The Race for the Presidency: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose
5. Hillary Rodham-Clinton: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Female Political Figures
Moana Vercoe, Randall Gonzalez, and Jean Reith Schroedel
6. Women and Campaigns
Rebekah Herrick and Jeanette Morehouse Mendez
7. Conservative Women Run for Office
Ronnee Schreiber
8. Different Portraits, Different Leaders? Gender Differencesin U.S. Senators' Presentationof Self
Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney
9. Female Governors and Gubernatorial Candidates
Valerie R. O'Regan and Stephen J.Stambough
10. Representing Women's Interests in a Polarized Congress
Michele L. Swers
11. Women State Legislators:Women's Issues in Partisan Environments
Tracy Osborn and Rebecca Kreitzer
12. Entry Level Politics? Women as Candidates and Elected Officials at the Local Level
Laura van Assendelft
13. Judicial Women
Sally J. Kenney
14. Woman of Color Candidates and Officeholders
Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Katherine Tate, and Janelle Wong
15. Lesbian Candidates and Officeholders
Donald P. Haider-Markel and Chelsie Lynn Moore Bright
16. The Geography of Women
Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox
17. Women in Elective Office Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities
Pippa Norris and Mona Lena Krook

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the previous edition:
"[A]n essential component of any class which focuses on American women and politics...[It] provides an excellent overview of the current state of research in the political science subfield of women as candidates and officeholders." —American Political Science Review

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