Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Political Women and American Democracy
- 1 Introduction: What We Saw at the Revolution: Women in American Politics and Political Science
- 2 Gender as a Category of Analysis in American Political Development
- 3 Gender, Public Opinion, and Political Reasoning
- 4 Gender in the Aggregate, Gender in the Individual, Gender and Political Action
- 5 What Revolution? Incorporating Intersectionality in Women and Politics
- 6 Women's Movements and Women in Movements: Influencing American Democracy from the “Outside”?
- 7 Representation by Gender and Parties
- 8 Women as Candidates in American Politics: The Continuing Impact of Sex and Gender
- 9 Women as Officeholders: Linking Descriptive and Substantive Representation
- 10 Theorizing Women's Representation in the United States
- 11 Political Women in Comparative Democracies: A Primer for Americanists
- 12 Conclusion: Between Participation and Representation: Political Women and Democracy in the United States
- References
- Index
List of Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Political Women and American Democracy
- 1 Introduction: What We Saw at the Revolution: Women in American Politics and Political Science
- 2 Gender as a Category of Analysis in American Political Development
- 3 Gender, Public Opinion, and Political Reasoning
- 4 Gender in the Aggregate, Gender in the Individual, Gender and Political Action
- 5 What Revolution? Incorporating Intersectionality in Women and Politics
- 6 Women's Movements and Women in Movements: Influencing American Democracy from the “Outside”?
- 7 Representation by Gender and Parties
- 8 Women as Candidates in American Politics: The Continuing Impact of Sex and Gender
- 9 Women as Officeholders: Linking Descriptive and Substantive Representation
- 10 Theorizing Women's Representation in the United States
- 11 Political Women in Comparative Democracies: A Primer for Americanists
- 12 Conclusion: Between Participation and Representation: Political Women and Democracy in the United States
- References
- Index
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- Political Women and American Democracy , pp. xi - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008