Women and politics : the pursuit of equality /

Women and politics : the pursuit of equality / Lynne E. Ford, College of Charleston.

Women and Politics is a comprehensive examination of women's use of politics in pursuit of gender equality. How can demands for gender equality be reconciled with sex differences? Resolving this paradoxical question has proceeded along two paths: the legal equality doctrine, which emphasizes ge...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Ford, Lynne E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Women > Political activity > United States > History.
Women's rights > United States > History.
Women > Political activity.
Women's rights.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Two Paths to Equality / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 2 All Rights Are Not Equal: Suffrage Versus the Equal Rights Amendment / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 3 Suffrage Accomplished: Women as Political Participants / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 4 Women Seeking Office: The Next Phase of Political Integration / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 5 Women as Political Actors: Representation and Advocacy / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 6 Education and the Pursuit of Equality / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 7 Women and Work: In Pursuit of Economic Equality / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 8 The Politics of Family and Fertility: The Last Battleground in the Pursuit of Equality? / Lynne E. Ford
  • chapter 9 Setting the Agenda and Taking Action: New Challenges in the Pursuit of Equality / Lynne E. Ford.
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1
  • Two Paths to Equality; ► BOX 1.1: ENCOUNTERING THE CONTROVERSIES OF EQUALITY How Should Female Veterans Be Memorialized; Politics and Women's Pursuit of Equality; Defining Women's Politics; Distinguishing Sex from Gender; The First Path: The Legal Equality Doctrine; The Second Path: The Fairness Doctrine; Feminism's Direct Challenge to Gender Relations; Approaches to Feminism; Using Politics to Bring About Change.
  • Chapter 2
  • All Rights Are Not Equal: Suffrage Versus the Equal Rights AmendmentFrom Seneca Falls to Suffrage: Three Generations of Women Work for the Vote; ► BOX 2.1 Declaration of Sentiments; ► BOX 2.2: ENCOUNTERING THE CONTROVERSIES OF EQUALITY Two Means to the Same End: Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt; Opposition to Women's Suffrage; ► BOX 2.3: POINT OF COMPARISON Women's Voting Rights Around the World; Postsuffrage Divisions: The Equal Rights Amendment or Special Protections for Women; Three Political Lessons About Gender Equality; Conclusion.
  • Chapter 3
  • Suffrage Accomplished: Women as Political ParticipantsWomen Enter the Electorate as Voters; The Gender Gap; ► BOX 3.1: SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2016 ELECTION The Glass Ceiling Remains: Are Women Voters Responsible; Gender Differences in Political Participation Beyond the Ballot; Explaining the Patterns of Participation; ► BOX 3.2: ENCOUNTERING THE CONTROVERSIES OF EQUALITY Female, Activist, Conservative, Republican ... and Feminist; Mobilizing Women's Political Participation; ► BOX 3.3: POINT OF COMPARISON "'Hey Baby!' Is Not My Name": Global Activism Against Street Harassment; Conclusion.
  • Chapter 4
  • Women Seeking Office: The Next Phase of Political IntegrationWomen Candidates Are as Likely to Win Elections as Men ... but Context Matters; The Key to More Women in Office: More Women Candidates; ► BOX 4.1: POINT OF COMPARISON The Power of Positive Discrimination: Electoral Quotas to Advance Women in Office; Gender and the Campaign Experience; ► BOX 4.2: ENCOUNTERING THE CONTROVERSIES OF EQUALITY Impossible Expectations: Hillary Clinton's Candidacy for the Presidency; Initiatives Designed to Increase the Number of Women Candidates.
  • ► BOX 4.3: SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2016 ELECTION Future Women Candidates: Will 2016 Mobilize or Paralyze Women's Political AmbitionConclusion; Chapter 5
  • Women as Political Actors: Representation and Advocacy; Political Representation: Why Numbers Matter; Qualities of Political Leadership: How Do Men and Women Differ; ► BOX 5.1: ENCOUNTERING THE CONTROVERSIES OF EQUALITY Would More Women in Government Reduce CorruptionIt Depends Women in Political Roles; ► BOX 5.2: POINT OF COMPARISON Women World Leaders, 2016; Women in the Military.
  • ► BOX 5.3: SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2016 ELECTION A Change ElectionNo Increase for Women in Congress but Gains in Diversity.

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