Why don't women rule the world? : understanding women's civic and political choices / J. Cherie Strachan, Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger, Shannon L. Jenkins, Candice D. Ortbals.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781544317243
- ISBN: 1544317247
- Physical Description: 515 p. ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Washington, D.C : CQ Press, 2019.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Why don't women rule the world? -- The creation of patriarchy -- Reification and the social construction of reality -- Conclusion -- Plan of the book -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 2. History of women in politics -- Colonial history -- The first wave -- The second wave -- The third wave -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 3. Public opinion -- How individuals form opinions about gender issues -- How sex influences public opinion -- Partisan preferences and voting behavior -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 4. Political ambition -- Promoting women's access and ambition -- Gender socialization and political ambition -- Traditional family role orientations -- The masculinized ethos of politics -- Women's gendered psyche -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 5. When women run -- When and where women candidates emerge -- campaign finance -- Women as candidates in 2018 -- Dismantling the masculine ethos of politics in 2018 and beyond -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 6. Women in legislatures -- Women's representation in legislatures around the world -- Theories of representation -- The effect of women's representation in legislative bodies -- The behavior of individual women legislators -- Women as institutional leaders -- Effects outside the institution -- How to increase the number of women in legislative office -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 7. Women in the executive -- Patriarchy, military masculinity, and executive stereotypes -- Gender stereotypes in leadership and the presidency: public support and media -- Descriptive representation in parts of the executive -- Women in cabinets: The United States and in comparative perspective -- Women's policy agencies -- Women in state and local institutions -- Substance and symbolic representation in executive institutions -- Conclusion -- Review Questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 8. Women in the judiciary -- Women as lawyers and in law school -- Women as public legal officials -- The impact of women in the judicial branch -- The effect of the courts on women's lives -- Increasing the representation of women in the judicial branch -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 9. Women in social movements -- Interest groups, social movements, and social movement organizations -- Challenges for women's and feminist movements -- Conclusion: intersectional resistance in the post-Trump era -- Review questions -- Ambition activities -- Key words -- References -- 10. Conclusion -- The first step: admit that patriarchy exists -- The second step: listen to women's complaints and take their anger seriously -- The third step: understand the roots of women's anger -- The fourth step: monitor progress and backlash to establish priorities -- The fifth step: decide what to do and act -- Review questions -- Ambition activity -- Key words -- References. |
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Subject: | Women > Political activity. Leadership in women. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Kirtland Community College Library | HQ 1236 .S77 2019 | 30775305554256 | General Collection | Available | - |
CHOICE_Magazine Review
Why Donâ²t Women Rule the World? : Understanding Womenâ²s Civic and Political Choices
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Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
This book, written by four political scientists, is intended for undergraduate courses on women and politics. Providing an up-to-date synthesis of political science research, it includes review questions, activities, and bibliographies at the end of each chapter and box inserts throughout, highlighting profiles, primary sources, and policy features. The text focuses on American women but includes numerous international comparative examples and profiles. Chapters are organized around different aspects of women's participation in public life, including public opinion, ambition, campaigning, legislatures, executive office, and social movements, among others. An initial theoretical chapter establishes key terms and outlines the book's intersectional feminist framework. The authors do valuable work in systematically unpacking arguments for why women are underrepresented in public life and assessing what social science research reveals about relevant issues, such as voter response to female candidates, the power of incumbency, and media bias. The authors are not particularly interested in the activism of conservative women, and some of the historical material may strike historians as a bit dated. The other chapters, however, are refreshingly up-to-date--including material on the #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter, the 2018 elections, and trans activism. Summing Up: Recommended. All undergraduates. --Catherine E. Rymph, University of Missouri