Caroline Heldman, Lori Cox-Han

Women, Power, and Politics

The Fight for Gender Equality in the United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Women, Power, and Politics: The Fight for Gender Equality in the United States offers a timely and engaging analysis of classic and contemporary gender-related issues, focusing on the role of women as active participants in government and the public policies that affect women in their daily lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 235mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780197694206
• ISBN-10: 0197694209
• Artikelnr.: 68209587

Autorenporträt

Lori Cox Han is Professor of Political Science at Chapman University. Caroline Heldman is Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Introduction: Women, Power, and Politics
2 The Women's Rights Movement in the United States
3 The Many Faces of Feminism
4 Gender Representations in Popular Culture
5 Women as Political Participants
6 Women as Political Candidates
7 Women as Legislators
8 Women as Executive Leaders
9 Women in the Judiciary
10 Public Policy: Economic Rights
11 Public Policy: Reproductive Rights
12 Public Policy: Gendered Violence
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index