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The Constitution as Social Design. Gender and Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Order.
Gretchen Ritter
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Description for The Constitution as Social Design. Gender and Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Order.
Hardback. This book is about gender and civic membership in American constitutional politics from the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment through Second Wave Feminism. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
This book focuses on gender and civic membership in American constitutional politics from the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment through Second Wave Feminism. It examines how American civic membership is gendered, and how the terms of civic membership available to men and women shape their political identities, aspirations, and behavior. The book also explores the dynamics of American constitutional development through a focus on civic membership—a legal and political construct at the heart of the constitutional order.
This is a book about gender politics and constitutional development, and about what each of these can tell us about the ... Read more
This book focuses on gender and civic membership in American constitutional politics from the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment through Second Wave Feminism. It examines how American civic membership is gendered, and how the terms of civic membership available to men and women shape their political identities, aspirations, and behavior. The book also explores the dynamics of American constitutional development through a focus on civic membership—a legal and political construct at the heart of the constitutional order.
This is a book about gender politics and constitutional development, and about what each of these can tell us about the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804753784
SKU
V9780804753784
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About Gretchen Ritter
Gretchen Ritter is Associate Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance (1997)
Reviews for The Constitution as Social Design. Gender and Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Order.
"[A] powerful response to the nagging question of why it has taken—or is still taking—so long for women to gain civic equality"
Political Science Quarterly "In this original and exciting new book, Gretchen Ritter provides the first thorough gender-centered account of the way the United States Constitution was formulated and has evolved. The book is cleverly organized in terms ... Read more
Political Science Quarterly "In this original and exciting new book, Gretchen Ritter provides the first thorough gender-centered account of the way the United States Constitution was formulated and has evolved. The book is cleverly organized in terms ... Read more