Loading…
Gendered Vulnerability : How Women Work Harder to Stay in Office /
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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2018
|
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Legislative politics & policy making.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.