The Year of the Woman: Myths and Realities

ISBN-13: 9780367273910 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 282 str.

Elizabeth Adell Cook;Sue Thomas;Clyde Wilcox

Opis

The 1992 American election saw more women running for office, at both local and national level, than ever before. The number of women elected increased by 50% in the House of Representatives and by a staggering 300% in the Senate. This book describes these key races.

Spis treści

1 Why Was 1992 the "Year of the Woman"? ExplainingWomen's Gains in 1992, 2 The California Senate Races: A Case Study in the Gendered Paradoxes of Politics, 3 Patty Murray: The Mom in Tennis Shoes Goes to the Senate,4 Carol Moseley-Braun: The Insider as Insurgent, 5 Lynn Yeakel Versus Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania: Why She Lost, 6 When Women Run Against Women: Double Standards and Vitriol in the New York Primary, 7' Women and the 1992 House Elections, 8 Women in State Legislatures: One Step at a Time,9 Political Parties and the Year of the Woman, 10 Women's PACs in the Year of the Woman, 11 Political Advertising in the Year of the Woman: Did X Mark the Spot? 12 Voter Responses to Women Senate Candidates, 13 Gender and Voting in the 1992 Presidential Election, 14 Increasing the Number of Women in Office: Does It Matter?

O autorze

Clyde Wilcox is professor of government at Georgetown University. He has published a number of books on religion and politics in the U.S. and abroad, and on interest group politics, including Groups in American Elections: The New Face of Electioneering, Second Edition and The Values Campaign: The Christian Right in the 2004 Elections . He also writes on gender politics, campaign finance, and the politics of science fiction.