He runs, she runs : why gender stereotypes do not harm women candidates /

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"While there are far more women in public office today than in previous eras, women are still vastly underrepresented in this area relative to men. Conventional wisdom suggests that a key reason is because female candidates start out at a disadvantage with the public, compared to male candidate...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brooks, Deborah Jordan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Women > Political activity > United States.
Women political candidates > United States.
Political campaigns > United States.
Candidates (Élections) > États-Unis.
Femmes > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Political campaigns.
Women > Political activity.
Women political candidates.
Frau
Kandidatin
Wahlkampf
Geschlechterstereotyp
United States.
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Foundations
  • How to Study Gender Stereotype Usage and Double Standards in Campaigns
  • Descriptive Candidate Gender Stereotypes and the Role of Candidate Experience
  • Tears and Anger on the Campaign Trail
  • Unbinding the Double Bind
  • Knowledge Gaffes
  • Reassessing the Parity Problem
  • A Bright Future for Women in Politics
  • Appendix 1: Text of newspaper treatments
  • Appendix 2: Questionnaire
  • Appendix 3: How the public responds to each behavior
  • Appendix 4: How the public responds to candidate experience
  • Appendix 5: Results for candidate experience ; Candidate gender
  • Appendix 6: Results for candidate gender (control group only)
  • Appendix 7: Results for crying ; Candidate gender
  • Appendix 8: Results for anger ; Candidate gender
  • Appendix 9: Results for toughness ; Candidate gender
  • Appendix 10: Results for lack of empathy ; Candidate gender
  • Appendix 11: Results for knowledge gaffe ; Candidate gender.

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