Women and Congress: Running, Winning, and Ruling

By Karen O'Connor

Book Overview

Women and Congress: Running, Winning, and Ruling provides an insightful view into the different facets of women in politics. In chapters written by experienced political scientists, this book illustrates the fundamental and advanced techniques vital to winning an election. It examines how campaign finance, speaking on the floor, introducing new legislation, and women's political action committees have contributed to the success of female candidates. It also analyzes the effects that various financing strategies, incumbency, and media coverage have on the outcome of women's campaigns.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789016702
• ISBN13: 9780789016706
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An insightful and very strongly recommended study

Compiled and edited by Karen O'Connor (Professor of Government and Director of the Women & Politics Institute in the School of Public Affairs at American University), Women And Congress: Running, Winning, And Ruling is a impressive anthology of essays surveying and analyzing the political standing of female candidates and congresswomen. A variety of knowledgeable political scientists have contributed their commentaries ranging from concerns with respect to media coverage, to the implications of candidate gender, to the Hyde Amendment, to glass ceilings, fundraising efforts by female non-incumbent candidates, and much, much more, fill the pages of this insightful and very strongly recommended study for students of Political Science and Women Studies.