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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778442403321

Autore

Burns Nancy <1964->

Titolo

The private roots of public action [[electronic resource] ] : gender, equality, and political participation / / Nancy Burns, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-674-02908-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p. ) : 14 line illustrations, 126 tables

Altri autori (Persone)

SchlozmanKay Lehman <1946->

VerbaSidney

Disciplina

323/.042/0973

Soggetti

Political participation - United States

Women - Political activity - United States

Sex role - United States

Social institutions - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Citizenship and Unequal Participation 2. Studying Gender and Participation: A Brief Discourse on Method 3. Civic Activity: Political and Non-Political 4. The Political Worlds of Men and Women 5. The Legacy of Home and School 6. Domestic Tranquility: The Beliefs of Wives and Husbands 7. Domestic Hierarchy: The Household as a Social System 8. The Workplace Roots of Political Activity 9. The Realm of Voluntarism: Non-Political Associations and Religious Institutions 10. Gender, Institutions, and Political Participation 11. Gender, Race or Ethnicity, and Participation 12. Family Life and Political Life 13. What If Politics Weren't a Man's Game? 14. Conclusion: The Private Roots of Public Action Appendixes A. Numbers of Cases B. Ranges of Variables C. Supplementary Tables D. Explanation of Outcomes Analysis Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why, after several generations of suffrage and a revival of the women's movement in the late 1960's, do women continue to be less politically active than men? This book presents a study of this puzzle of unequal participation.