Women and elective office : past, present, and future / / edited by Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Thomas, Sue, 1957-; Wilcox, Clyde, 1953-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xv, 322 p. :; ill.

Table of 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.