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Women in Politics: Outsiders or Insiders?, 4/E
Lois Duke Whitaker, Georgia Southern University

ISBN-10: 0131345044
ISBN-13: 9780131345041

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 400 pp
Published: 06/23/2005

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For American Government, Women and Politics and supplement for graduate political science courses.

This text is designed as a reader on the topic of women and politics to aid in integrating the study of women in the political system. It provides relevant research on women and politics across a spectrum of toics and perspectives. With a feminist theoretical framework, it examines some gender differences in political attitudes and voting, looks at gender cultural relections in the mass media and group politics, and examines how women have fared in competing for public office. Also discussed are the various branches of government and how women are or are not participating the functions of government, and explore women and national public policy; and women in regard to activism, empowerment, changing roles and cultural expression.

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NEW–"Further Readings" section at the conclusion of each article.

~Helps to explain more fully where the essays fit in the overall picture of other research.

NEW–Contributors, nine new.

~Enriches the scope of the text and choice of articles to be read and discussed.

NEW–Articles on the role of women in the military, what do women have to do with the New Right American politics, and women campaign consultants.

~Discusses issues relevant to women today.

Arranged into four parts, and further divided into nine chapters.

New To This Edition

"Further Readings" section at the conclusion of each article.

~Helps to explain more fully where the essays fit in the overall picture of other research.

Contributors, nine in all.

~Enriches the scope of the text and choice of articles to be read and discussed.

Articles on the role of women in the military, coffee drinking, and the importance of free speech.

~Discusses issues relevant to women today.

Table of Contents

Part I Women, Equality, and Feminist Theory

Chapter 1 The Study of Women: A Theoretical Framework
- Feminist Theory as Seeing, Jennifer Ring
- The Riddle of Consciousness: Racism and Identity in Feminist Theory, Nancie E. Caraway

Part II Women and Politics

Chapter 2 Gender Differences in Political Attitudes and Voting
- Rethinking Pink and Blue: Gender, Occupational Stratification and Political Attitudes, Gertude A. Steuernagel, et.al.
- The Gender Gap in the Early 21st Century: Volatility from Security Concerns, Cal Clark and Janet M. Clark
- The New Right in American Politics: What Do Women Have to Do With It?, Cynthia Burack
Chapter 3 Women, Media, and Group Politics
- Women and Sex Stereotypes: Cultural Reflections in the Mass Media, Louis Duke Whitaker
- What Kind of Women's Movement? Community, Representation and Resurgence, Denise L. Baer
Chapter 4 Women and Elections: The Uphill Struggle
- Women Winning at the Local Level: Are County & School Board Positions Becoming More Desirable & Plugging the Pipeline to Higher Office?, Susan A. MacManus, et.al.
- On the Eve of Transition: Women in Southern Legislatures, 1946-1968, Joanne V. Hawks and Carolyn Ellis Staton
- Women Campaign Consultants: A New Actor in the Campaign Process, Sarah Brewer

Part III Gender and Government

Chapter 5 Legislatures, Women, and Policy Making
- Women in the U.S. Congress: From Entry to Exit, Jennifer L. Lawless and Sean M. Theriault
- Women State Legislators: Descriptive and Substantive Representation, Sarah Poggione
Chapter 6 The Executive Branch: Women and Leadership
- Gendering the Political Executive's Space: The Changing Landscape?, Marcia Lynn Whicker and Hedy Leonie Isaacs
- First Ladies and Their Influence on Politics, Policy and the Presidency, Robert P. Watson
- Women Governors in the 21st Century: Re-Examining the Pathways to the Presidency, Sara J. Weir
Chapter 7 The Courts: Women and Decisions
- Litigating for Social Change: The Role of Women's Groups in Advancing Women's Rights, Karen O'Connor
- Bias or Counterbalance: Women Judges Making a Difference, Elaine Martin

Part IV Women and National Policy

Chapter 8 Public Policy
- Working Women and Their Families: The Family and Medical Leave Act Versus The Family Time Flexibility Act, Joan Hulse Thompson
- Sex at Risk in Insurance Classifications: The Supreme Court as Shaper of Public Policy, Ruth Bamberger
- Affirmative Action and Women, Roberta Ann Johnson
Chapter 9 Women, Activist, Empowerment, and Cultural Expression
The Political is Personal: Third Wave Feminist Perspectives on Power, Kathleen P. Iannello
- Inside or Outside? Women's Role in American Military History, D'Ann M. Campbell
- Grounds for Criticism: Coffee, Passion, and the Politics of Feminist Discourse, Elizabeth A. Kelly

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