Gender and Elections

by Susan J. Carroll (Editor)

The fifth edition of Gender and Elections offers a lively, multi-faceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2020 elections. This timely yet enduring volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2020 elections and providing an in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding presidential, congressional, and state elections; voter participation, turnout, and choices; participation of African American women and Latinas; support of political parties and women's organizations; and candidate communication. New chapters explore the role of social movements in elections and introduce concepts of gendered and raced institutions, intersectionality, and identity politics applied to presidential elections from past to present. The resulting volume is the most comprehensive and reliable resource on the role of gender in electoral politics.

354 pages, Paperback

Published December 9, 2021

About the author

Susan J. Carroll is Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. Her books include: Women as Candidates in American Politics (Second Edition, Indiana 1994); The Impact of Women in Public Office (Indiana 2001); Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions (Oxford 2003); and Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics (Second Edition, Cambridge 2010, with Richard L. Fox). Carroll also has published numerous journal articles and book chapters focusing on women candidates, voters, elected officials, and political appointees in the United States. Her current research focuses on the recruitment of women to state legislatures. As a nationally recognized expert on women’s political participation, Carroll is frequently called upon for media commentary. from -http://www.susanjcarroll.com/

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