Women in Politics: Outsiders or Insiders? : A Collection of Readings

by Whitaker, Lois Duke

• ISBN13: 9780131345041
• ISBN10: 0131345044
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

This book 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
PART 1 WOMEN, EQUALITY, AND FEMINIST THEORY
The Study of Women: A Theoretical Framework	1	(30)
Feminist Theory as Seeing	4	(13)
Jennifer Ring
The Riddle of Consciousness: Racism and Identity in Feminist Theory	17	(14)
Nancie E. Caraway
PART 2 WOMEN AND POLITICS
Gender Differences in Political Attitudes and Voting	31	(48)
Rethinking Pink and Blue: Gender, Occupational Stratification, and Political Attitudes	33	(12)
Gertrude A. Steuernagel
Maureen Rand Oakley
Thomas E. Yatsco
Irene J. Barnett
The Gender Gap in the Early 21st Century: Volatility from Security Concerns	45	(20)
Cal Clark
Janet M. Clark
The New Right in American Politics: What Do Women Have to Do with It?	65	(14)
Cynthia Burack
Women, Media, and Group Politics	79	(36)
Women and Sex Stereotypes: Cultural Reflections in the Mass Media	81	(15)
Lois Duke Whitaker
What Kind of Women's Movement? Community, Representation and Resurgence	96	(19)
Denise L. Baer
Women and Elections: The Uphill Struggle	115	(47)
Women Winning at the Local Level: Are County and School Board Positions Becoming More Desirable and Plugging the Pipeline to Higher Office?	117	(20)
Susan A. MacManus
Charles S. Bullock, III
Karen L. Padgett
Brittany Penberthy
On the Eve of Transition: Women in Southern Legislatures, 1946--1968	137	(11)
Joanne V. Hawks
Carolyn Ellis Staton
Women Campaign Consultants: A New Actor in the Campaign Process	148	(14)
Sarah E. Brewer
PART 3 GENDER AND GOVERNMENT
Legislatures, Women, and Policy Making	162	(37)
Women in the U.S. Congress: From Entry to Exit	164	(18)
Jennifer L. Lawless
Sean M. Theriault
Women State Legislators: Descriptive and Substantive Representation	182	(17)
Sarah Poggione
The Executive Branch: Women and Leadership	199	(39)
Gendering the Political Executive's Space: The Changing Landscape?	201	(9)
Marcia Lynn Whicker
Hedy Leonie Isaacs
First Ladies and Their Influence on Politics, Policy, and the Presidency	210	(16)
Robert P. Watson
Women Governors in the 21st Century: Re-Examining the Pathways to the Presidency	226	(12)
Sara J. Weir
The Courts: Women and Decisions	238	(34)
Litigating for Social Change: The Role of Women's Groups in Advancing Women's Rights	240	(15)
Karen O'Connor
Bias or Counterbalance?: Women Judges Making a Difference	255	(17)
Elaine Martin
PART 4 WOMEN AND NATIONAL POLICY
Public Policy: The Feminist Perspective	272	(60)
Working Women and Their Families: The Family and Medical Leave Act versus The Family Time Flexibility Act	274	(27)
Joan Hulse Thompson
Sex at Risk in Insurance Classifications? The Supreme Court as Shaper of Public Policy	301	(10)
Ruth Bamberger
Affirmative Action and Women	311	(21)
Roberta Ann Johnson
Women, Empowerment, and Cultural Expression	332	(49)
The Political is Personal: Third-Wave Feminist Perspectives on Power	334	(12)
Kathleen P. Iannello
Inside or Outside? Women's Role in American Military History	346	(17)
D'Ann M. Campbell
Grounds for Criticism: Coffee, Passion, and the Politics of Feminist Discourse	363	(18)
Elizabeth A. Kelly
Contributors	381