Women and Elective Office [[electronic resource] ] : Past, Present, and Future / / edited by Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450909703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-70447-0; 0-19-534623-8; 1-4237-6197-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ThomasSue <1957->; WilcoxClyde <1953->
• Disciplina: 320.082; 320/.082
• Soggetti: Women in politics; Women in public life; Women in public life - United States; Women political candidates; Women in public life - Political activity - United States; Women - United States; Women political candidates - United States; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Campaign Financing: Women's Experience in the Modern Era; 2 How the Public Views Women Candidates; 3 Women Candidates for Congress; 4 Different Portraits, Different Leaders? Gender Differences in U.S. Senators' Presentation of Self; 5 Do Women and Men State Legislators Differ?; 6 Women in Congress: Do They Act as Advocates for Women's Issues?; 7 Making a Difference: Behind the Scenes; 8 Indelible Effects: The Impact of Women of Color in the U.S. Congress; 9 Change in Continuity in the Geography ; of Women State Legislators; 10 Women Leading Legislatures: Getting There and Getting Things Done11 In a Different Voice: Women and the Policy Process; 12 Institutional Gendering: Theoretical Insights into the Environment of Women Officeholders; 13 Women as Political Leaders Worldwide: Cultural Barriers and Opportunities; 14 Prospects for Cracking the Political Glass Ceiling: The Future of Women Officeholders in the Twenty-first Century; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Includes coverage of women on the congressional level, women officeholders of color, and analysis of women parliamentarians worldwide. This book offers a comprehensive look at the experiences and influence of women politicians, while considering women's prospects for political leadership in the twenty-first century.

Gaze in human-robot communication / / edited by Frank Broz, Heriot-Watt University [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822846203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 90-272-6764-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Collana: Benjamins current topics, , 1874-0081 ; ; volume 81
• Disciplina: 629.8/92019
• Soggetti: Human-robot interaction; Gaze - Psychological aspects; Robotics - Social aspects; Androids
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "These materials were previously published in Interaction studies 14:3 (2013)."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Gaze in Human-Robot Communication; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction to the Special Issue on Gaze in ; human-robot communication; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Gaze in human communication; 1.2 Gaze in human-agent interaction; 1.3 Gaze and human-robot communication; 2. The Special Issue; References; Design of a gaze behavior at a small mistake moment for a robot; 1. Introduction; 2. Data collection; 3. Experiments; 3.1 Hypotheses and predictions about apologies; 3.2 Hypotheses and prediction for friendliness and dissatisfaction; 3.2.1 Hypothesis that assumes advantages of looking down3.2.2 Hypothesis that assumes advantages of looking at the other; 3.3 Participants; 3.4 Tasks; 3.5 Robot; 3.6 Conditions; 3.7 Procedure; 3.8 Measurement; 4. Results; 4.1 Verification of prediction 1; 4.2 Verification of prediction 2; 4.3 Verification of prediction 3; 5. Discussion; 5.1 Analysis of free descriptions; 5.2 Responsiveness to mistakes; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Robots can be perceived as goal-oriented agents; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 2.1 Subjects; 2.2 Action demonstrators; 2.2.1 The human demonstrator; 2.3 The humanoid robot2.4 Experimental paradigm; 2.5 Data Analysis; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; Can infants use robot gaze for object learning?; 1. Introduction; 2. Experiment 1; 2.1 Method; 2.1.1 Participants; 2.1.2 Apparatus; 2.1.3 Stimuli and procedure; 2.1.4 Data analysis; 2.2 Results and discussion; 3. Experiment 2; 3.1 Method; 3.1.1 Participants; 3.1.2 Stimuli and procedure; 3.1.3 Results and discussion; 4. General Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; Interactions between a quiz robot and multiple participants; 1. Introduction; 2. Background of this study2.1 Cross-cultural communicative differences: Word order; 2.2 Coordination of verbal and non-verbal actions and questioning strategy; 3. The present experiment: A quiz robot in Japanese and English; 3.1 Robot System; 3.2 Experimental setup; 3.3 Experimental stimuli; 4. Initial analysis; 5. Detailed analysis; 5.1 Comparing responses during the keyword (in Q3); 5.2 Comparing responses to tag-part of a tag-question (in Q6); 6. Discussion and Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Cooperative gazing behaviors in human multi-robot interaction; 1. Introduction; 2. A human multi-robot multimodal interactive paradigm2.1 Gaze-Contingent platform; 2.2 Experiment design; 2.3 Hypotheses; 2.4 Experimental procedure; 2.5 Data collection; 2.6 Validation of the gaze-contingent interaction system; 3. Results; 3.1 Eye movements; 3.2 Speech acts; 3.3 Attention dynamics around naming moments; 4. General discussions; 4.1 Gaze cue in human multi-robot interaction; 4.2 Micro-level mutual reflexivity; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Learning where to look Autonomous development of Gaze behavior for natural Human-Robot Interaction; 1. Introduction; 2. Reactive Gaze Controller