Gendered vulnerability : how women work harder to stay in office /

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Gendered Vulnerability examines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. For instance, female candidates get less and lower quality coverage from the media; they face more and better quality political opponents; and they receive less support f...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Lazarus, Jeffrey (Auteur), Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
Collection:Legislative politics & policy making.
Sujets:
Women > Political activity > United States.
Women in public life > United States.
Women public officers > United States.
Sex discrimination against women > United States.
Femmes > Activité politique > États-Unis.
Femmes dans la vie publique > États-Unis.
Femmes fonctionnaires > États-Unis.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > General.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women in public life.
Women > Political activity.
Women public officers.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • "Coya come home" : gendered vulnerability and women in office
  • A constituent way of life? : gender and constituency services
  • Bringing home the bacon is a woman's job : gender and pork barrel spending
  • Legislating, position taking, and gendered vulnerability
  • Representing everyone : how gender influences policy responsiveness
  • Conclusion: "Nevertheless she persisted" : the story of women in elected office.

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