The Right Women (eBook, ePUB)

Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators
Redaktion: Och, Malliga; Shames, Shauna L.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A powerful exploration of the role of women in the Republican Party that enhances readers' understanding of gender representation in the GOP and suggests solutions to address the partisan gender gap. Why is the Republican Party dominated by men to a far greater extent than its primary rival? With literature on conservative women in the United States still in its infancy, this book fills an important gap. It does so by examining Republican women as distinct from their male Republican and Democratic female counterparts and also by exploring the shifting role of Republican women in their party and in politics overall. The book brings those subjects together in one volume that will provide fascinating reading to students, scholars, and anyone else interested in U.S. politics. The analysis is presented in four parts, beginning with a look at the role of women as voters and activists in the GOP. The second section explores the process of candidate emergence, tackling the question as to why so few women run as Republicans and why those who do are less successful than their Democratic female and Republican male counterparts. In the third part, the contributors shed light on Republican women in Congress and state legislatures and their behavior as lawmakers. The final section assesses the outcome of the 2016 election for Republican women in general and, specifically, for Carly Fiorina, the only female candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Each section of the book concludes with a short "guide to action" that takes the insights set forth and applies them to suggest ways to promote a greater involvement of women in the Republican Party.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216139843
• Artikelnr.: 68168040

Autorenporträt

Malliga Och, PhD, is Assistant Professor of international studies at Idaho State University, USA, and former Research Director at Political Parity (Hunt Alternatives) in Cambridge, MA, USA. Shauna L. Shames, PhD, is Assistant Professor of political science at Rutgers University, USA. She has worked with Political Parity, National Organization for Women (NOW), and other groups for more than 15 years to advance women's political representation.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Kira Sanbonmatsu Part 1:
Activists and Ideology 1 The Grand Old Party of 2016: No Longer a Party of
Old White Men? Malliga Och 2 Gendering Republican Party Culture Catherine
Wineinger 3 Women in the Tea Party and the GOP: A Natural Alliance?
Melissa Deckman 4 Republican Women, Then and Now: Ideological Changes in
Congressional Candidates from 1980 to 2012 Danielle M. Thomsen Part 2:
Elections and Candidates 5 Higher Hurdles for Republican Women: Ideology,
Inattention, and Infrastructure Shauna L. Shames 6 A Run for Their Money:
Republican Women's Hard Road to Campaign Funding Rosalyn Cooperman and
Melody Crowder-Meyer 7 Republican Women in the 2016 Election: Progress or
Same Old Patterns? Kelly Dittmar Part 3: State Legislators 8 Why So Few
Republican Women in State Legislatures? The Causes and Consequences Laurel
Elder 9 Moving Up or Getting Out: The Career Patterns of Republican Women
State Legislators H. Abbie Erler Part 4: Congresswomen 10 From the
Republican Revolution to the Tea Party Wave: Republican Women and the
Politics of Women's Issues Michele L. Swers 11 Republican Female Lawmakers'
Contributions to Legislative Debates in the 113th U.S. Congress Christina
Xydias Part 5: Conclusion 12 Republican Party Politics, Women's Electoral
Fortunes, and the Myth of Gender Neutrality Ronnee Schreiber Glossary of
Key Terms About the Editors and Contributors Index