Women and Politics: The Pursuit of Equality

by Lynne E. Ford

WOMEN AND POLITICS examines the pursuit of gender equality from two viewpoints: the legal equality doctrine, which emphasizes gender neutrality, and the fairness doctrine, which recognizes differences between men and women. The text's in-depth analysis and clear presentation of theory and history helps students to think critically about gender and about the challenges faced by women today and in the past. Extensive coverage of diversity among women and consistent attention to the intersections of race, class, and gender are integral to the text's two-viewpoints theme.

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the only comprehensive textbook (not a reader) for Women and Politics that I have found. I don't love everything about it-- in particular, the internal organization of the chapters is sometimes poor, especially in the longer chapters-- but it does cover MOST of the areas you'd want it to. I also think the organizing principle of the book-- the "paradox of gender equality"-- and it's emphasis on the "separate spheres ideology" work well to bring together the many disparate issues my course needs to cover into an overall framework.