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The Paradox of Gender Equality. How American Women's Groups Gained and Lost Their Public Voice.
Kristin A. Goss
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Description for The Paradox of Gender Equality. How American Women's Groups Gained and Lost Their Public Voice.
Paperback. A challenge to conventional notions about American women's collective engagement in public policy-making Series: The Cawp Series in Gender and American Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Drawing on original research, Kristin A. Goss examines how women's civic place has changed over the span of more than 120 years, how public policy has driven these changes, and why these changes matter for women and American democracy. Suffrage, which granted women the right to vote and invited their democratic participation, provided a dual platform for the expansion of women's policy agendas. As measured by women's groups' appearances before the U.S. Congress, women's collective political engagement continued to grow between 1920 and 1960—when many conventional accounts claim it declined—and declined after 1980, when it might have been expected to ... Read more
Drawing on original research, Kristin A. Goss examines how women's civic place has changed over the span of more than 120 years, how public policy has driven these changes, and why these changes matter for women and American democracy. Suffrage, which granted women the right to vote and invited their democratic participation, provided a dual platform for the expansion of women's policy agendas. As measured by women's groups' appearances before the U.S. Congress, women's collective political engagement continued to grow between 1920 and 1960—when many conventional accounts claim it declined—and declined after 1980, when it might have been expected to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
The Cawp Series in Gender and American Politics
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472035618
SKU
V9780472035618
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About Kristin A. Goss
Kristin A. Goss is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University, USA.
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