The new edition of this book describes the role of gender in the American electoral process through the 2008 elections. It strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2008 elections and providing a deeper analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding presidential elections, voter participation and turnout, voting choices, the participation of African American women, congressional elections, the support of political parties and women's organizations, candidate communications with voters, and state elections. This updated volume also includes new chapters that analyze the roles of Latinas in U.S. politics and chronicle the candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.
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The new edition of this textbook describes the role of gender in the American electoral process through the 2008 elections. Tailored for courses on women and politics, elections, and gender politics, it strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2008 elections and providing a deeper analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape electoral politics in the United States.
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Susan J. Carroll is Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. She is the author of Women as Candidates in American Politics (Second Edition, 1994) and editor of The Impact of Women in Public Office (2001) and Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions (2003).
Richard L. Fox is Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University. His research examines how gender affects voting behavior, state executive elections, congressional elections, and political ambition. He is the author of Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections (1997) and co-author of Tabloid Justice: The Criminal Justice System in the Age of Media Frenzy (2001). He is also co-author, with Jennifer Lawless, of It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Richard L. Fox is Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University. His research examines how gender affects voting behavior, state executive elections, congressional elections, and political ambition. He is the author of Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections (1997) and co-author of Tabloid Justice: The Criminal Justice System in the Age of Media Frenzy (2001). He is also co-author, with Jennifer Lawless, of It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
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Susan J. Carroll is Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. Her writings focus on women's political participation in the United States, including work on women candidates, voters, elected officials, and political appointees. Her recent research examines factors that affect women's entry into elective office and the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. A nationally recognized expert on gender and politics, Carroll is frequently called upon to offer press commentary on women's participation as candidates, voters, and public officials.
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Introduction: Gender and Electoral Politics into the Twenty-First Century - Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox Chapter 1: Presidential Elections: Gendered Space and the Case of 2004 - Georgia Duerst-Lahti Chapter 2: Voter Participation and Turnout: It's a New Game - Susan A. MacManus Chapter 3: Voting Choices: Meet You at the Gender Gap - Susan J. Carroll Chapter 4: Congressional Elections: Where Are We on the Road to Gender Parity? - Richard L. Fox Chapter 5: African American Women and Electoral Politics: Journeying from the Shadows to the Spotlight - Wendy G. Smooth Chapter 6: Political Parties and Women's Organizations: Bringing Women into the Electoral Arena - Barbara Burrell Chapter 7: Advertising, Web Sites, and Media Coverage: Gender and Communication Along the Campaign Trail - Dianne Bystrom Chapter 8: State Elections: Where Do Women Run? Where Do Women Win? - Kira Sanbonmatsu
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I read this book for my master's thesis that I am writing this semester. It had a lot of valuable information about the 2008 election, and the candidacies of Clinton and Palin and how they were able to impact female voters. It reviews the glass ceiling, the gender gap, mobilization strategies that were put into effect by each candidate, and also has a lot of good info about specific cohorts of women and how they voted, including Latina women and African American women. There is info about women voting trends in Congressional elections, as well as how advertising and the media impacted the outcome of the election. All in all, the book touches on a number of variables that had a direct effect on the outcome of the 2008 election, and I highly recommend it for those who are conducting research in this area of political science.
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