Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future

by Clyde Wilcox, Sue Thomas, Susan Morrissey

Book Overview

Since the publication of the first edition of this book, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun's campaign for the presidency in 2004 and the widespread discussion of a run in 2008 by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have significantly raised the profile of women on the national political stage. At the same time, progress in electing women to the U.S. Congress and state legislatures has stalled. The essays in Women and Elective Office: Past, Present...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195180836
• ISBN13: 9780195180831
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 6.1"