The Politics of Women's Rights: Parties, Positions, and Change

by Christina Wolbrecht

Here Christina Wolbrecht boldly demonstrates how the Republican and Democratic parties have helped transform, and have been transformed by, American public debate and policy on women's rights. She begins by showing the evolution of the positions of both parties on women's rights over the past five decades. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Republicans were slightly more favorable than Democrats, but by the early 1980s, the parties had polarized sharply,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691048576
• ISBN13: 9780691048574
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"