Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections.

What happens in an electoral environment involving female candidates? Do women face different challenges during the electoral process? Do male candidates pay more attention to women's issues, or make other strategic and behavioural changes, when opposed by a female candidate? Richard Logan Fox...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fox, Dr. Richard L. Logan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1996.
Colección:Contemporary American politics.
Temas:
United States. > Congress > Elections, 1992.
United States. > Congress > Elections, 1994.
United States. > Congress
1992-1994
Women > Political activity > California.
Elections > California.
California.
Elections.
Political candidates.
Sex differences.
Women in politics.
Femmes > Activité politique > Californie.
Élections > Californie.
Elections
Women > Political activity
California
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What happens in an electoral environment involving female candidates? Do women face different challenges during the electoral process? Do male candidates pay more attention to women's issues, or make other strategic and behavioural changes, when opposed by a female candidate? Richard Logan Fox asks these and other questions with compelling evidence which suggests that women candidates are having a profound impact on the electoral process. The author studies the congressional races of 1992 and 1994 in California, in which a record nineteen women were candidates for House seats. He contra.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (265 pages)
ISBN:9781452248998
1452248990

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