The Private Roots of Public Action: Gender, Equality, and Political Participation

by Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Nancy Burns, et al.

Book Overview

Why, after several generations of suffrage and a revival of the women's movement in the late 1960s, do women continue to be less politically active than men? Why are they less likely to seek public office or join political organizations? The Private Roots of Public Action is the most comprehensive study of this puzzle of unequal participation.

The authors develop new methods to trace gender differences in political activity to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674006607
• ISBN13: 9780674006607
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"