Women and Executive Office : : Pathways and Performance / / ed. by Melody Rose.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Baer, Denise L.,; Boyea, Brent D.,; Brown, Narren,; Bystrom, Dianne,; Carle, Jill,; Carroll, Susan J.,; Dittmar, Kelly,; Dolan, Julie,; Farrar-Myers, Victoria A.,; Fiddelke, Megan,; Fridkin, Kim L.,; Herrera, Richard,; Lawrence, Regina G.,; Lien, Pei-te,; Peters Jr., Ronald M.,; Rose, Melody,; Rosenthal, Cindy Simon,; Sanbonmatsu, Kira,; Shafer, Karen,; Swain, Katie E. O.,; Woodall, Gina Serignese,
• HerausgeberIn: Rose, Melody,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (301 p.)

Takes stock of the strides that women are making in their paths to and tenure in high-level positions in the executive branches of government.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• 1 Women as Executive Political Leaders
• Part 1 The Federal Level
• 2 The Real ‘08 Fight: Clinton vs. Palin
• 3 The Vice Presidency as the New Glass Ceiling: Media Coverage of Sarah Palin
• 4 Nancy Pelosi as Organizational Leader: In the Footsteps of Mary Parker Follett
• 5 Women in the Obama Administration: Insiders, or Outsiders Looking In?
• Part 2 The State and Local Levels
• 6 Women in the Governor’s Mansion: How Party and Gender Affect Policy Agendas
• 7 Entering the Mayor’s Office: Women’s Decisions to Run for Municipal Positions
• 8 Local Executive Leaders: At the Intersection of Race and Gender
• Part 3 Challenges for Women Executives
• 9 Barriers Bent but Not Broken: Newspaper Coverage of Local and State Elections
• 10 Welcome to the Party? Leadership, Ambition, and Support Among Elites
• 11 Campaign Finance: A Barrier to Reaching the White House?
• 12 Turning the Tables: Behind Every Successful Woman
• Part 4 Conclusion
• 13 Defining the Executive Women Research Agenda
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book