Gender and Elections : Shaping the Future of American Politics


Susan J. Carroll
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2006
Omfang
1 online resource (241 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Text Boxes, and Photo; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction: Gender and Electoral Politicsinto the Twenty-first Century; The Gendered Nature of Elections; Political Representation and Simple Justice: Why Gender Matters in Electoral Politics; Organization of the Book; NOTES; 1 Presidential Elections: Gendered Space and the Case of 2004; Stages of Presidential Elections: Parts of Gendered Space; The Gendered Presidency and Presidential Timber; Contesting Masculinity; Explicit References to Masculinity. - 3 Voting Choices: Meet You at the Gender Gap. - Aiming at Women Against Violence and WarV is for Vote (www.vday.org); CODEPINK Women for Peace (www.codepink4peace.org); Using Fashion AND Music to Promote GOTV; Chicks Rock, Chicks Vote (http://www.rockthevote.com/crcv/); She19: A Popular T-Shirt (http://she19.com); Running in Heels (http://www.womenagainstbush.org/); 1000 Flowers (www.1000flowers.org); Precision Targeting of Women Voters; Drawing Female Crowds: The First Lady VersusWomen on the Move; Using the Media and Direct Mail; Effectiveness of Mobilizing Women in 2004; The Final Word; NOTES. - Get Out Her Vote (http://www.getouthervote.org/)"Barbie for President" (www.Barbie.com); Aiming at Minority Women: Health, Education, and Equality Issues Predominate; Black Women's Health Imperative(www.BlackWomensHealth.ORG/Vote); Mujeres Latinas En Accion (www.mujereslatinasenaccion.org); MANA National Latina Organization (www.hermana.org); HOPE Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (www.latinas.org); Aiming at Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Women: Groups on Both sides of the abortion issue; Emily's List Women Vote! (www.emilyslist.org); Susan B. Anthony List (www.sba-list.org). - Prospects for Women As PresidentNOTES; 2 Voter Participation and Turnout: It's A New Game; A Brief History of Women's Suffrage; Western States Ahead of the Nation; The Ladies Get Testy; At Last, Ratification!; Registration Rates; Parties Use Different Strategies; Turnout Rates; Women Catch Up With - and Pass - Men; Women Benefit from Election Reforms; Targeted Ads Promote Early and Absentee Voting; Women-to-Women Mobilization Efforts Rule the Day; Involving Women in the Political Process: Nonpartisan Efforts; WomenMatter (www.womenmatter.com); 10 for Change (www.10forchange.org). - Vote, Run, Lead. (www.voterunlead.org)Aiming at Unmarried Women: A Traditionally Low-Turnout Group; Women's Voices. Women Vote. (http://wvwv.org/); Aiming at Married Women of Faith: Moral Values Matter; Concerned Women for America (www.cwfa.org); Aiming at Mothers: Vote For Bush; No, Vote for Kerry; Moms4Bush (www.moms4bush.com); Women in Support of the President (WISP) (www.gowisp04.org); Mothers Opposing Bush (www.MOB.org); Mainstreet Moms Oppose Bush (www.themmob.com); Aiming at Women of Different Ages: From Grannies to Barbies; Granny Voter (www.grannyvoter.org). - This book examines the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2004 elections as well as providing a more long-term, in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States.
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0521606705. - 0521844924. - 9780521606707. - 9780521844925

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