1st Edition

Gender Consciousness and Politics

By Sue Tolleson Rinehart Copyright 1992
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the emergence of gender consciousness among women as a significant force in American politics. The author bases her argument on an in-depth empirical analysis of data derived from the U.S. biennial National Election studies of 1974 to 1984, the year of the emergence of the so-called gender gap. The author discusses the fact that while feminism is central to womens' political... Read more
Chapter 1 Feminism, Analysis, and the Search for Meaning; Chapter 2 Tracing an Elusive Concept; Chapter 3 Measuring Women’s Identification with One Another; Chapter 4 The Intersection of Gender Identification and Gender Role Ideology; Chapter 5 Gender Consciousness and Political Engagement; Chapter 6 Gender Consciousness and Policy Preferences; Chapter 7 Some Concluding Thoughts;

Biography

Rinehart, Sue Tolleson