What do we know about women, politics, and democracy in the United States?
The past thirty years have witnessed a dramatic increase in women’s participation
in American politics and an explosion of research on women, and the transformations
effected by them, during the same period. Political Women and American
Democracy provides a critical synthesis of scholarly research by leading experts
in the field. The collected chapters examine women as citizens, voters, participants,
movement activists, partisans, candidates, and legislators. They provide
frameworks for understanding and organizing existing scholarship; focus on theoretical,
methodological, and empirical debates; and map out productive directions
for future research. As the only book to focus specifically on women and
gender in U.S. politics, Political Women and American Democracy will be an
invaluable resource for scholars and students studying and conducting women
and politics research.