Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence - Tapa dura

Women and Politics delivers the best and most comprehensive text on women's access to and participation in the political process in the US. It's sweeping in its breadth, covering historical as well as contemporary examples, local school board and city council politics to the Presidency and Supreme Court, and with illustrations of [both] conservative and progressive women. It uses theory to explore contradictions, and anecdotes to make the controversies alive. -- Catherine Connolly, University of Wyoming As a scholar of women and politics, it is refreshing to see such a well-researched, balanced, and comprehensive take on the role women have and will continue to have in the American political system. I highly recommend it for students of women and politics. -- Jennie Sweet-Cushman, Chatham University This is an outstanding text. It offers an engaging look at the ways in which women participate in the political process and in government and synthesizes the latest scholarship and data on women in politics in a way that is accessible for students. -- Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence examines the role of women in politics from the early women's movement to the female politicians in power today. Following the historic 2016 presidential election, this timely edition includes analysis of the challenges of navigating gender in seeking the presidency. It examines how both Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina were forced to "perform gender" on the campaign trail, and tasked to at once prove their masculine capability and feminine likability in order to be considered competent for the job.