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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRussell Sage Foundation
ISBN-100871548852
ISBN-139780871548856
eBay Product ID (ePID)267597
Product Key Features
Number of Pages688 Pages
Publication NameWomen, Politics and Change
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
SubjectWomen, Women in Politics, Gender Studies, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History
AuthorPatricia Gurin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.42/0973
SynopsisWomen, Politics, and Change, a compendium of twenty-three original essays by social historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists, examines the political history of American women over the past one hundred years. Taking a broad view of politics, the contributors address voluntarism and collective action, women's entry into party politics through suffrage and temperance groups, the role of nonpartisan organizations and pressure politics, and the politicization of gender. Each chapter provides a telling example of how American women have behaved politically throughout the twentieth century, both in the two great waves of feminist activism and in less highly mobilized periods. "The essays are unusually well integrated, not only through the introductory material but through a similarity of form and extensive cross-references among them....in raising central questions about the forms, bases, and issues of women's politics, as well as change and continuity over time, Tilly, Gurin, and the individual scholars included in this collection have provided us with a survey of the latest research and an agenda for the future." --Contemporary Sociology "This book is a necessary addition to the scholar's bookshelf, and the student's curriculum." --Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, professor of sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center