Gender in Campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives - Couverture souple

Burrell, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0472052314 ISBN 13 : 9780472052318

Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2014

Synopsis

Barbara Burrell presents a comprehensive examination of women’s candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in congressional elections from 1994 through 2012. Analyzing extensive original data sets on all major party candidates for 10 elections—covering candidate status, sex, party affiliation, fundraising, candidate background variables, votes obtained, and success rates for both primary and general elections—Burrell finds no evidence of categorical gender discrimination against women candidates. They compete equally with men and often outpace them in raising money, gaining interest group and political party support, and winning elections; indeed, more women hold seats in the House than ever before. However, Burrell concludes, women have not advanced more quickly because newcomers face difficulties in challenging more experienced candidates and because women are not taking advantage of opportunities to run for office.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Barbara Burrell is a professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University, where she was a member of the Political Science faculty and a faculty associate in the Women's Studies Program. She is the author of A Woman's Place Is in the House: Campaigning for Congress in the Feminist Era (University of Michigan Press, 1994), a landmark study of women candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1968 through 1992.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Michigan Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0472052314
• ISBN 13: 9780472052318
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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