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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814027303321

Autore

Burrell Barbara C. <1947->

Titolo

A woman's place is in the House : campaigning for Congress in the feminist era / / Barbara C. Burrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1996

ISBN

1282604805

9786612604805

0472024248

Edizione

[1st paperback ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

320/.082

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - United States

Women legislators - United States

Political campaigns - United States

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-

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

Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. American Views of Women as Political Leaders: The Polls, Experiments, and Surveys -- 3. The Presence and Performance of Women Candidates in Primary Elections -- 4. The Backgrounds of Female Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, 1968-92 -- 5. Political Parties and Women's Candidacies -- 6. Sex and Money: The Financing of Women's and Men's Campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives, 1972-92 -- 7. The Presence and Performance of Women Candidates in General Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives -- 8. Women Members of Congress and Policy Representation -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Study of women candidates for U.S. House that argues women are successful in winning elections.