Women, Partisanship, and the Congress

by Evans Jocelyn Jones, Jocelyn Jones Evans, J. Evans

As women increasingly play a role and gain even greater prominence in congressional politics, they need to navigate the at times conflicting demands of loyalty to party culture, responsiveness to party leadership, political goals, and the need to get re-elected. Based on extensive interviews and historically informed, this book examines differences between Republican and Democratic political cultures, how these differences affect women members of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349529680
• ISBN13: 9781349529681
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"