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Jill Greenlee - The Political Consequences of Motherhood (The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics) - 9780472119295 - V9780472119295
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The Political Consequences of Motherhood (The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics)

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Description for The Political Consequences of Motherhood (The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics) Hardcover. Investigates the complex relationship between motherhood and womenAEs political attitudes. Combining a historical overview of the ways motherhood has been used for political purposes with recent political opinion surveys and individual-level analysis, Jill S. Greenlee explains how and when motherhood shapes womenAEs thoughts and preferences. Series: The Cawp Series in Gender and American Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.

American political activists and candidates have used motherhood to rally women’s interest, support, and participation throughout American history. Jill S. Greenlee investigates the complex relationship between motherhood and women’s political attitudes. Combining a historical overview of the ways motherhood has been used for political purposes with recent political opinion surveys and individual-level analysis, she explains how and when motherhood shapes women’s thoughts and preferences.

Greenlee argues that two mechanisms account for the durability of motherhood politics. First, women experience attitudinal shifts when they become mothers. Second, “mother” is a broad-based identity, widely shared and ideologically unconstrained, that lends itself to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
The Cawp Series in Gender and American Politics
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119295
SKU
V9780472119295
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About Jill Greenlee
Jill S. Greenlee is Assistant Professor of Politics at Brandeis University.

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