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Women in American Politics An Introduction (with InfoTrac)

by: Harrison, Brigid C.

Women in American Politics An Introduction (with InfoTrac)

by: Harrison, Brigid C.

ISBN 13:
9780534528225
ISBN 10:
0534528228
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/12/2002
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Summary

WOMEN IN AMERICAN POLITICS: AN INTRODUCTION introduces provides both an introduction to women in politics and to American government in such a way that students unfamiliar with the structure and the processes of American government can gain enough familiarity to enable them to analyze women's role in American politics. The text includes the impact of many public policy issues on women.

Preface

viii

Introduction

I WOMEN IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

(30)

Women in American Democracy

(28)

Why Study Women in Politics Now?

(2)

Differences Between Men and Women

(1)

The Roots of Difference and the Public/Private Split

(1)

Fear of Difference and the Tradition of Misogyny: The Political Philosophers

(5)

Plato

(1)

Aristotle

(1)

Hobbes

(1)

Locke

(1)

Mill

(2)

American Women's Political History

(15)

Colonial Women and the Constitution

(2)

Women and the Abolition Movement

(3)

The Fight for Suffrage

(2)

The Postsuffrage Era

(4)

The Modern Women's Movement

(4)

Conclusion

(5)

II WOMEN'S LINKS TO THE GOVERNMENT

(114)

Women and Public Opinion

(25)

Public Opinion in the United States

(1)

Public Opinion and Its Characteristics

(2)

The Study of Public Opinion and Women

(1)

The Emergence of the Gender Gap

(3)

Differences in Men's and Women's Opinions

(14)

Differences in Political Knowledge

(6)

Differences in Party Identification and Ideology

(2)

Differences in Domestic Policy Issues

(3)

Men, Women, and Foreign Affairs

(1)

Surprising Similarities

(3)

Conclusion

(4)

Women in Interest Groups

(20)

Women's Interests, Social Movements, and Interest Groups

(3)

Why Men and Women Join Interest Groups

(3)

Differences in Interest Group Participation

(1)

Women's Interest Groups

(6)

Business and Professional Women and the American Association of University Women

(1)

The National Organization for Women

(4)

The National Women's Political Caucus

(1)

Strategies and Tactics of Women's Interest Groups

(4)

Conclusion

(3)

Women and Political Action Committees

(18)

Campaign Contributions and Women's Candidacies: A Battle Won

(1)

The Regulation of Campaign Finance

(3)

The Impact of Campaign Finance Regulation

(1)

The Formation of Women's PACs

(3)

Organizational Goals

(2)

Organizational Strategy

(1)

Contribution Strategies

(3)

The Growth of Women's PACs

(3)

The Impact of Women's PACs

(1)

Conclusion

(3)

Women and American Political Parties

(25)

Women's Role in the Development of U.S. Political Parties

(1)

The First Party System

(1)

The Second Party System

(1)

The Third Party System

(1)

The Fourth Party System

(3)

The Fifth Party System

102

(4)

The Decline of Political Parties

106

(3)

The Three Faces of a Party

109

(7)

The Three Faces of a Party: Women in the Electorate

109

(2)

The Three Faces of a Party: Elected Women as Party Leaders

111

(2)

The Three Faces of a Party: Women and National, State, and Local Party Organizations

113

(3)

Gatekeepers and Recruiters: The Nomination Process and Women's Candidacies

116

(2)

Conclusion

118

(3)

Women, Voting, Elections, and Candidates

121

(24)

Men, Women, and Voting

121

(2)

Voter Turnout Among Men and Women

123

(3)

The Gender Gap

126

(8)

The Gender Gap in Congressional and State Elections

134

(2)

Women as Candidates: The Eligibility Pool and Incumbency

136

(2)

Media Coverage of Women as Candidates

138

(1)

Electoral Structure and Incumbency: The Impact on Women's Candidacies

139

(2)

Conclusion

141

(4)

III WOMEN IN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS

145

(70)

Women in Congress

147

(25)

Introduction

147

(1)

A History of Women's Participation in Congress

148

(6)

Background of Women in Congress

154

(2)

The Election of Women to Congress

156

(6)

Women's Congressional Roles

162

(3)

The Impact of Women in Congress

165

(3)

Conclusion

168

(4)

Women in the Executive Branch

172

(19)

The Evolution of the Presidency

172

(1)

Why Hasn't There Been a Woman President of the United States?

173

(4)

The Participation of First Ladies in National Policy

177

(2)

Women's Formal Participation in the Executive Branch

179

(7)

Women as Employees of the Federal Government

179

(2)

Women in Presidential Cabinets

181

(5)

Conclusion

186

(5)

Women in the Federal Judiciary

191

(24)

The Historical Participation of Women in the Federal Judicial System

191

(1)

An Overview of the Federal Court System

192

(3)

The Selection of Federal Judges

195

(1)

Women's Appointments to the Federal Judiciary

196

(3)

Women's Appointments to the United States Supreme Court

199

(3)

The Impact of Women's Appointments

202

(1)

Women and the Law: Discrimination in Supreme Court Decisions

203

(6)

Discrimination in the Law

203

(6)

Women and the Law: Using the Courts to Achieve Equality

209

(1)

Privacy Rights

209

(1)

Equality in the Workplace

210

(1)

Conclusion

210

(5)

IV WOMEN AND AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY

215

(22)

Women and American Public Policy

217

(20)

Gendering Public Policy

217

(1)

Evaluating the Impact of the Women's Movement on Public Policy

218

(1)

Economic Equality

219

(6)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

220

(2)

Affirmative Action

222

(2)

Discrimination against Pregnant Employees and Employees with Children

224

(1)

Economic Equality Today

225

(1)

Abortion

225

(7)

Using Violence to Protest Abortion and the Response

231

(1)

Women in the U.S. Military

232

(2)

Conclusion

234

(3)

Appendix A

237

(4)

Appendix B

241

(1)

Appendix C

242

(2)

Glossary

244

(8)

Index

252

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Women in American Politics An Introduction (with InfoTrac)

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9780534528225

0534528228

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