Reviews"Women, Power, and Politics is comprehensive in terms of topics and suitable as a single text for a course in terms of the organization." --Meredith Conroy, California State University, San Bernardino"The authors have thought carefully about the data, research, and examples they use, resulting in a clear and engaging textbook." --Rebecca E. Deen, The University of Texas at Arlington "Women, Power, and Politics is the first book that covers all of the topics I need for my course. Featuring completely up-to-date scholarship, the book is also well written and attractive to student readers. The timeliness and comprehensiveness of the subject matter sets the book apart." --Katheryn DePalo, Florida International University, "Women, Power, and Politics is comprehensive in terms of topics and suitable as a single text for a course in terms of the organization." --Meredith Conroy, California State University, San Bernardino "The authors have thought carefully about the data, research, and examples they use, resulting in a clear and engaging textbook." --Rebecca E. Deen, The University of Texas at Arlington "Women, Power, and Politics is the first book that covers all of the topics I need for my course. Featuring completely up-to-date scholarship, the book is also well written and attractive to student readers. The timeliness and comprehensiveness of the subject matter sets the book apart." --Katheryn DePalo, Florida International University, "This text is the text I would want to assign for a course on women and politics. It is comprehensive in terms of topics, and suitable as a single text for a course, in terms of the organization." --Meredith Conroy, Cal State San Bernardino
Dewey Edition23
SynopsisAs women continue to gain more prominence in political and electoral processes as voters, candidates, and officeholders, it becomes even more important to understand how gender shapes political power and the distribution of resources within our society. Women, Power, and Politics: The Fight for Gender Equality in the United States offers a timely and engaging analysis of classic and contemporary gender-related issues, focusing on the role of women as active participants in government and the public policies that affect women in their daily lives., This textbook provides a comprehensive assessment of women in American politics as participants, candidates, and office holders, as well as important public policies that affect women in their daily lives. Firmly grounded in current Political Science research, this textbook also provides cutting-edge analysis of current topics such as gender, feminism, social media, and issues within the current gender justice movement, to name a few, in its coverage. This textbook will be timely and relevant to undergraduate students in its coverage of important topics, and will provide a strong overview of important research in the field of women and politics for graduate students. In addition, the pedagogical features included throughout the textbook will help students develop critical thinking skills as well as provide resources to become lifelong learners on this topic.
LC Classification NumberHQ1236.5.U6H346 2017