Gendered Politics - Campaign Strategies of California Women Candidates, 1912-1970

Informationen zum Autor By Linda Van Ingen Klappentext This book explores the campaign history of California's women legislators and the increasingly complex strategies they used in efforts to transcend gender barriers when running for office from 1912 to 1970. Nearly 500 women ran on the primary ballots, re-gendering the political landscape while struggling against a recurring historical amnesia. Zusammenfassung This book explores the campaign history of California's women legislators and the increasingly complex strategies they used in efforts to transcend gender barriers when running for office from 1912 to 1970. Nearly 500 women ran on the primary ballots! re-gendering the political landscape while struggling against a recurring historical amnesia. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Historical Firsts: Women Candidates Re-gender Politics (1910s)Chapter 2: Incumbents, Widows, and New Competitors (1920s)Chapter 3: Partisan Loyalties, Separatist Tensions, and Integrationist Politics (1930s)Chapter 4: Familial Connections, Incumbent Succession, and Accommodation Politics (1940s)Chapter 5: Party Power and its Limits (1950s)Chapter 6: Issue Politics: Liberal, Conservative and Extremist Agendas (1960s)Epilogue: Feminist Politics (1970s and beyond)BibliographyAppendix

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Linda van Ingen, Linda Van Ingen
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.02.2017
• EAN: 9781498537605
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3760-5
• Pagine: 274
• Serie: Women in American Political History; Women in American Political Hi; Women in American Political History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, American history, California politics, California primaries, California women legislators, California women's clubs, Political widows, Women candidates, Women in politics, Women incumbents, Women runn