Politicking while female : the political lives of women / edited by Nichole M. Bauer.

""Politicking While Female" traces the challenges and opportunities that shape the experiences of women who pursue and hold positions of political leadership in the United States. In this volume, Nichole M. Bauer gathers new essays studying the forces that keep women out of political institutions, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bauer, Nichole M. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2020.
Series:Media & public affairs.
Subjects:
Women political candidates > United States.
Women politicians > United States.
Women > Political activity > United States.
Political campaigns > Social aspects > United States.
Women > Political activity.
Women political candidates.
Women politicians.
United States.
Physical Description:viii, 196 pages : illustrations.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Nichole M. Bauer
  • Part I. Women's political participation women's and men's identities and 2018 vote choice / Mary-Kate Lizotte
  • Can role models help increase women's desire to run? : evidence from political psychology / Monica C. Schneider and Mirya R. Holman
  • Part II. Gender on the campaign trail
  • Voting for multiracial women / Danielle Casarez Lemi
  • On the money : assessing the campaign-finance networks of women congressional candidates / Rosalyn Cooperman
  • Part III. Voting for women
  • Using gender and partisan stereotypes to evaluate female candidates / Sylvia I. Gonzalez and Nichole M. Bauer
  • Beyond the presidency, 2016 : women candidates in concurrent down-ballot races / Tessa Ditonto and David J. Andersen
  • Part IV. Women in legislative institutions
  • Gendered kegislative effectiveness in state legislatures : the case of Pennsylvania / Jennie Sweet-Cushman
  • #Metoo in the state house / Anna Mitchell Mahoney, Meghan Kearney, and Carly Megan Shaffer.