American Women and Political Participation: The Impacts of Work, Generation, and Feminism

by Karen Beckwith

Karen Beckwith examines the patterns of mass-level political participation among American women from 1952 to 1976. Four distinct forms of political participation are focused upon: voting, electoral activism, conventional nonelectoral participation, and political protest. She then tests three explanations considered unique to the political participation of women in these areas: the nature of women's work; women's experience in political generations;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031324507X
• ISBN13: 9780313245077
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"