Mirya R. Holman, Rachel Bernhard

Gendered Jobs and Local Leaders

Women, Work, and the Pipeline to Local Political Office

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Men from business are overrepresented in local politics in the United States. The authors propose a theory of gendered occupations and ambition: the jobs people hold-and the gender composition of those jobs-shape political ambition and candidate success. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 75
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009482851
• ISBN-10: 1009482858
• Artikelnr.: 72106168

Inhaltsangabe

1. A Theory of Gendered Role Congruity and Local Political Leaders; 2.
Measuring Gender and Occupation among Local Leaders; 3. Gendered
Occupational Segregation Shapes Who Runs and Wins Local Office; 4.
Gender-Segregated Jobs Influence Perceived Occupational Femininity and Win
Rates; 5. It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know: Why Business Leaders
and Teachers Dominate Local Politics; 6. Voters See Some Local Offices as
Feminine and Less Prestigious; 7. Work is Gendered, Politics is Gendered,
and Ambition is Gendered.