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The impact of women in public office /

This volume examines the impact of women public officials serving in various offices and locales at local, state, and national levels. The essays included originated in a research project sponsored by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. The subjects range from a very pr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carroll, Susan J., 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Representing women : women state legislators as agents of policy-related change / Susan J. Carroll
  • Words that matter : women's voice and institutional bias in public policy formation / Lyn Kathlene
  • Acting as women : the effects and limitations of gender in local governance / Susan Abrams Beck
  • Local elected women and policy-making : movement delegates or feminist trustees? / Janet K. Boles
  • "Senator-at-large for America's women" : Margaret Chase Smith and the paradox of gender affinity / Janann Sherman
  • Foreign policy decision makers : the impact of gender / Nancy E. McGlen and Meredith Reid Sarkees
  • Do women leaders make a difference? Substance, style, and perceptions / Sue Tolleson-Rinehart
  • The impact of women in state legislatures : numerical and organizational strength / Sue Thomas and Susan Welch
  • Black women in state legislatures : the relationship of race and gender to the legislative experience / Edith J. Barrett
  • Feminist judges : challenging the status quo / Elaine Martin
  • Acting for women : is what legislators say, what they do? / Debra L. Dodson.