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“beth reingold”

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  • Race, Gender, and Political Representation

    Toward a More Intersectional Approach

    by Beth Reingold, Kirsten Widner, Kerry L. Haynie ...
    It is well established that the race and gender of elected representatives influence the ways in which they legislate, but surprisingly little research exists on how race and gender interact to affect who is elected and how they behave once in office. How do race and gender affect who gets elected, as well as who is represented? What issues do elected representatives prioritize? Does diversity in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Representing Women

    Sex, Gender, and Legislative Behavior in Arizona and California

    by Beth Reingold ...
    Women in public office are often assumed to “make a difference” for women, as women — in other words, to represent their female constituents better than do their male counterparts. But is sex really an accurate predictor of a legislator’s political choices and actions? In this book, Beth Reingold compares the representational activities and attitudes of male and female members of the Arizona and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • It Still Takes a Candidate

    Why Women Don't Run for Office, Revised and Expanded Edition

    by Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox ...
    It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study, a national survey conducted of almost 3,800 'potential candidates' in 2001 and a second survey of more than 2,000 of these same individuals in 2008, Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox find ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Laboratories against Democracy

    How National Parties Transformed State Politics

    by Jacob M. Grumbach ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the priceOver the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams. American political institutions, on the other hand, remain highly decentralized. Laboratories against Democracy shows how national political conflicts are increasingly flowing through the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • In Praise of Skepticism

    Trust but Verify

    by Pippa Norris ...
    A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets, managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any signs of its decline are, and should be, a matter of serious concern. Yet, In Praise of Skepticism recognizes that trust has two faces. Confidence in anti-vax theories has weakened herd immunity. Faith in Q-Anon ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Public Opinion

    by Carroll J. Glynn ...
    Public Opinion is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary examination of public opinion in the United States. Drawing on scholarship in political science, psychology, sociology, and communications, the authors explore the nature of political and social attitudes in the United States and how these attitudes are shaped by various institutions, with an emphasis on mass media. The book also serves as a ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Why Americans Hate the Media and How It Matters

    by Jonathan M. Ladd ...
    As recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in the United States. Yet by the 1990s, this trust had all but evaporated. Why has confidence in the press declined so dramatically over the past 40 years? And has this change shaped the public's political behavior? This book examines waning public trust in the institutional news media within the context of ... Read more

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  • Contested Transformation

    Race, Gender, and Political Leadership in 21st Century America

    by Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien, Dianne Pinderhughes, Christine Marie Sierra ...
    Contested Transformation constitutes the first comprehensive study of racial and ethnic minorities holding elective office in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Building on data from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership (GMCL) National Database and Survey, it provides a baseline portrait of Black, Latino, Asian American, and American Indian elected officials - the ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • When Protest Makes Policy

    How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups

    by Laurel Weldon ...
    Series series The Cawp Series In Gender And American Politics
    "A must-read for scholars across a broad sweep of disciplines. Laurel Weldon weaves together skillfully the theoretical strands of gender equality policy, intersectionality, social movements, and representation in a multimethod/level comparative study that unequivocally places women's movements at the center of our understanding of democracy and social change."---Amy G. Mazur, Washington State ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Social Science and Policy-Making

    A Search for Relevance in the Twentieth Century

    Edited by David Lee Featherman, Maris Arvids Vinovskis ...
    This collection of essays examines how the social sciences in America were developed as a means of social reform and later, especially after World War II, as a tool in federal policymaking and policy analysis. It also uses arenas of policymaking, such as early childhood education and welfare and its reform, as case studies in which social research was used, in policy decisions or in setting and ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Violence Against Women and the Law

    by David L Richards, Jillienne Haglund ...
    Series series International Studies Intensives
    This book examines the strength of laws addressing four types of violence against women--rape, marital rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment--in 196 countries from 2007 to 2010. It analyzes why these laws exist in some places and not others, and why they are stronger or weaker in places where they do exist. The authors have compiled original data that allow them to test various hypotheses ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Black–Latino Relations in U.S. National Politics

    Beyond Conflict or Cooperation

    by Rodney E. Hero, Robert R. Preuhs ...
    Social science research has frequently found conflict between Latinos and African Americans in urban politics and governance, as well as in the groups' attitudes toward one another. Rodney E. Hero and Robert R. Preuhs analyze whether conflict between these two groups is also found in national politics. Based on extensive evidence on the activities of minority advocacy groups in national politics ... Read more

    $30.39 USD