Political Women and American Democracy

Christina Wolbrecht; Karen Beckwith; Lisa Baldez

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511790621

What do we know about women, politics, and democracy in the United States? The last thirty years have witnessed a remarkable increase in women's participation in American politics and an explosion of research on female political actors, and the transformations effected by them, during the same period. Political Women and American Democracy provides a critical synthesis of scholarly research by leading experts in the field. The collected essays examine women as citizens, voters, participants, movement activists, partisans, candidates, and legislators. The authors provide frameworks for understanding and organizing existing scholarship; focus on theoretical, methodological, and empirical debates; and map out productive directions for future research. Political Women and American Democracy is an invaluable resource for scholars and students studying and conducting women and politics research.

'… a powerful statement, sure to engender creative dialogue.'

Source: Journal of Politics

'Thorough and insightful, this edited collection will benefit scholars at every level of expertise. It is a must-read for gender and politics scholars. However, it should be a must-read for every scholar whose work touches on US electoral and legislative politics. … If the potential of Political Women and American Democracy is ultimately recognised, its influence will ultimately go beyond the gender and politics subfield, to shape the work of the broader US politics field, inspiring scholars previously unaware of gender's centrality to their own work to think in new ways.'

Source: Politics and Gender

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Political Women and American Democracy
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1 - Introduction: What We Saw at the Revolution: Women in American Politics and Political Science
pp 1-11
- By Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
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2 - Gender as a Category of Analysis in American Political Development
pp 12-30
- By Gretchen Ritter, Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin
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3 - Gender, Public Opinion, and Political Reasoning
pp 31-49
- By Leonie Huddy, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Survey Research, Stony Brook University, Erin Cassese, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University, Mary-Kate Lizotte, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University
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4 - Gender in the Aggregate, Gender in the Individual, Gender and Political Action
pp 50-63
- By Nancy Burns, Warren E. Miller Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
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5 - What Revolution? Incorporating Intersectionality in Women and Politics
pp 64-78
- By Jane Junn, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University, Nadia Brown, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University
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6 - Women's Movements and Women in Movements: Influencing American Democracy from the “Outside”?
pp 79-95
- By Lee Ann Banaszak, Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University
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7 - Representation by Gender and Parties
pp 96-109
- By Kira Sanbonmatsu, Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics [CAWP], the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University
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8 - Women as Candidates in American Politics: The Continuing Impact of Sex and Gender
pp 110-127
- By Kathleen Dolan, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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9 - Women as Officeholders: Linking Descriptive and Substantive Representation
pp 128-147
- By Beth Reingold, Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, Emory University
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10 - Theorizing Women's Representation in the United States
pp 148-166
- By Suzanne Dovi, Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, University of Arizona
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11 - Political Women in Comparative Democracies: A Primer for Americanists
pp 167-180
- By Lisa Baldez, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
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12 - Conclusion: Between Participation and Representation: Political Women and Democracy in the United States
pp 181-198
- By Karen Beckwith, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
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References
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

List of Contributors
pp xi-xiv

Political Women and American Democracy
pp xv-xvi

1 - Introduction: What We Saw at the Revolution: Women in American Politics and Political Science
pp 1-11

2 - Gender as a Category of Analysis in American Political Development
pp 12-30

3 - Gender, Public Opinion, and Political Reasoning
pp 31-49

4 - Gender in the Aggregate, Gender in the Individual, Gender and Political Action
pp 50-63

5 - What Revolution? Incorporating Intersectionality in Women and Politics
pp 64-78

6 - Women's Movements and Women in Movements: Influencing American Democracy from the “Outside”?
pp 79-95

7 - Representation by Gender and Parties
pp 96-109

8 - Women as Candidates in American Politics: The Continuing Impact of Sex and Gender
pp 110-127

9 - Women as Officeholders: Linking Descriptive and Substantive Representation
pp 128-147

10 - Theorizing Women's Representation in the United States
pp 148-166

11 - Political Women in Comparative Democracies: A Primer for Americanists
pp 167-180

12 - Conclusion: Between Participation and Representation: Political Women and Democracy in the United States
pp 181-198

References
pp 199-250

Index
pp 251-261

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