| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Sue Thomas -- 1. Campaign financing : women's experience in the modern era / Barbara Burrell -- 2. How the public views women candidates / Kathleen Dolan -- 3. Women candidates for Congress / Heather L. Ondercin, Susan Welch -- 4. Different portraits, different leaders? : gender differences in U.S. senators' presentation of self / Kim L. Fridkin, Gina Serignese Woodall -- 5. Do women and men state legislators differ? / Michael J. Epstein, Richard G. Niemi, Lynda W. Powell -- 6. Women in Congress : do they act as advocates for women's issues? / Michele L. Swers, Carin Larson -- 7. Making a difference : behind the scenes / Debra L. Dodson -- 8. Indelible effects : the impact of women of color in the U.S. Congress / Lisa García Bedolla, Katherine Tate, Janelle Wong -- 9. Change in continuity in the geography of women state legislators / Barbara Norrander, Clyde Wilcox -- 10. Women leading legislatures : getting there and getting things done / Cindy Simon Rosenthal -- 11. In a different voice : women and the policy process / Lyn Kathlene -- 12. Institutional gendering : theoretical insights into the environment of women officeholders / Georgia Duerst-Lahti -- 13. Women as political leaders worldwide : cultural barriers and opportunities / Pippa Norris, Ronald Inglehart -- 14. Prospects for cracking the political glass ceiling : the future of women officeholders in the twenty-first century / Jean Reith Schroedel, Marcia L. Godwin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women in public life -- United States.
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Women in public life. |
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United States. |
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Women -- Political activity -- United States.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Women political candidates -- United States.
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Women political candidates. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Thomas, Sue, 1957-
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Wilcox, Clyde, 1953-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women and elective office. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195180828 0195180836 (DLC) 2004027124 (OCoLC)57069555 |
| ISBN |
9780195346237 (electronic book) |
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0195346238 (electronic book) |
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1423761979 (electronic book) |
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9781423761976 (electronic book) |
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0195180828 (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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