Women's political voice : how women are transforming the practice and study of politics
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Women's political voice : how women are transforming the practice and study of politics
（Women in the political economy）
Temple University Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Since the 1960s, academic and activist women have been challenging the conventional wisdom about political life and the study of politics. Organizing her book by standard political concepts -- the mobilization and participation of the mass public; the recruitment, policy preferences, and political style of public officials; agenda-setting; and coalition-building -- Janet Flammang subjects these concepts to a withering feminist critique based on the insights of feminist theory and the empirical evidence of hundred of studies of women's distinctive politics. This book accomplishes four major tasks: *It provides a comprehensive critical history of the changing research on politics and the changing nature of the political science discipline. *It analyzes the course of women's political activism in the United States. *It develops a rich case study of women's politics in Northern California's Silicon Valley, an area once nicknamed \u0022the feminist capital of the nation.\u0022 *It examines coalitions and divisions within the women's movement with sensitivity to minority politics, as in the chapter subtitled, \u0022The Hard Work of Sisterhood.\u0022 Women's Political Voice record the transformative politics of the women's movement and, simultaneously, urges political scientists to ask new questions and to adopt new methods.
Table of Contents
Preface: The Puzzle of the Feminist Capital Acknowledgments Part I: Women's Political Voice in the Academy and the Community 1. Women's Political Voice in Political Science: The Women's Movement Challenges Conventional Wisdom in the Academy 2. Women's Political Life in Santa Clara County: A Favorable Climate for Women's Political Activism Part II: Women and Mass Politics 3. Political Mobilization: Women's Shift from Individual to Group Consciousness and Activity 4. Political Participation: Women's Civic Activity in Communities and the State Part III: Women and Elite Politics 5. Political Recruitment: Women's Distinctive Path to Public Office 6. Policy Preferences and Political Style: Female Officials as Liberal Feminist Problem Solvers Part IV: Women and Elite-Mass Interaction 7. Agenda Setting: Women Bring New Issues to Public Attention 8. Political Coalitions: The Hard Work of Sisterhood Notes Index
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