03272nam 22006133u 450 991077982700332120230207222946.01-282-06296-40-253-10906-X(CKB)111056485406246(EBL)127779(OCoLC)70720591(SSID)ssj0000177030(PQKBManifestationID)11155695(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177030(PQKBWorkID)10209526(PQKB)10399716(MiAaPQ)EBC127779(EXLCZ)9911105648540624620130418d2001|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe impact of women in public office[electronic resource]Bloomington, IN Indiana University Press20011 online resource (283 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34008-X Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Representing Women: Women State Legislators as Agents of Policy-Related Change; 2. Words That Matter: Women 's Voice and Institutional Bias in Public Policy Formation; 3. Acting as Women: The Effects and Limitations of Gender in Local Governance; 4. Local Elected Women and Policy-Making: Movement Delegates or Feminist Trustees?; 5. Senator-at-Large for America 's WomenŽ: Margaret Chase Smith and the Paradox of Gender Affinity; 6. Foreign Policy Decision Makers: The Impact of Gender7. Do Women Leaders Make a Difference? Substance, Style, and Perceptions8. The Impact of Women in State Legislatures: Numerical and Organizational Strength; 9. Black Women in State Legislatures: The Relationship of Race and Gender to the Legislative Experience; 10. Feminist Judges: Challenging the Status Quo; 11. Acting for Women: Is What Legislators Say, What They Do?; Contributors; Index""[A] well-integrated volume by...one of the best known political scientists working on women and politics.... [It] includes contributions by leading scholars in the field, and provides a well-written and accessible overview of the impact of women in office atevery level..."" -- Pippa Norris, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University""This [book] will be the standard-bearer not simply because it contains most of the early research in the field but more importantly, because ofWomen in politicsWomenPolitical activityUnited StatesGender Studies & SexualityHILCCGender & Ethnic StudiesHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCWomen in politics.WomenPolitical activityGender Studies & SexualityGender & Ethnic StudiesSocial Sciences320.0820973320/.082/0973Carroll Susan J903547Carroll Susan JAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910779827003321The impact of women in public office3813640UNINA