The Politics of the Gender Gap: The Social Construction of Political Influence

by Carol M. Mueller

Using election studies, media analysis, economics, history, sociology and policy studies, The Politics of the Gender Gap presents state-of-the-art empirical research on the emergence of women as a voting block. It reveals that although the gender gap is a social and political creation that is still ill-defined, its potential to influence politics is significant. The contributors explain the origins of the gender gap; its use by womens organizations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803927320
• ISBN13: 9780803927322
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.