| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xv, 322 p. : ill. |
| Contents |
Introduction : women and difference / Sue Thomas -- Campaign financing / Barbara Burrell -- How the public views women candidates / Kathleen Dolan -- Women candidates for Congress / Heather Ondercin and Susan Welch -- Different portraits, different leaders? : gender differences in U.S. senators' presentation of self / Kim L. Fridkin and Gina Serignese Woodall -- Do women and men state legislators differ? / Michael J. Epstein, Richard G. Niemi, and Lynda W. Powell -- Women and Congress : do they act as advocates for women's issues? / Michele L. Swers and Carin Larson -- Women and Congress : behind the scenes / Debra Dodson -- Indelible effects : the impact of women of color in the U.S. Congress / Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Katherine Tate, and Janelle Wong -- Change and continuity in the geography of women state legislators / Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox -- Women leading legislatures : getting there and getting things done / Cindy Simon Rosenthal -- In a different voice : women and the policy process / Lyn Kathlene -- Institutional gendering : theoretical insights into the environment of women officeholders / Georgia Duerst-Lahti -- Women as political leaders worldwide : cultural barriers and opportunites / Pippa Norris & Ronald Inglehart -- Prospects for cracking the political glass ceiling : the future of women officeholders in the twenty-first century / Jean Schroedel & Marcia Godwin. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Women in public life -- United States.
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Women -- Political activity -- United States.
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Women political candidates -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Thomas, Sue, 1957-
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Wilcox, Clyde, 1953-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0195180828 (10-digit cloth) |
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9780195180824 (13-digit cloth) |
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0195180836 (10-digit paper) |
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9780195180831 (13-digit paper) |
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