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Why Won't She Run? A Feminist Analysis of the Gender Gap in Politics.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Why Won't She Run? A Feminist Analysis of the Gender Gap in Politics./
Author:	Murdoch, Hanna J.
Description:	1 online resource (96 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-06(E).
Subject:	Political science. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355138719

Why Won't She Run? A Feminist Analysis of the Gender Gap in Politics.
Murdoch, Hanna J.

Why Won't She Run? A Feminist Analysis of the Gender Gap in Politics. - 1 online resource (96 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06.

Thesis (M.S.S.)

Includes bibliographical references

Based on a review of the current social science literature, this exploration of women's lack of equitable representation in political office in the United States seeks to understand the breadth of, and factors behind, the current "gender gap" in US politics. Citing recent literature which points to the problem being that of a lack of eligible female candidates emerging, the author utilizes an intersectional feminist framework for understanding the gender gap in women's political ambitions. Drawing from feminist authors bell hooks, Kimberle Crenshaw, Valerie Bryson, and Audre Lorde, the viability and intersectionality of social science research---including studies from political science, sociology, psychology, women and gender studies, law, and economics---and theories about women's lack of representation are critiqued. The author offers conclusions about key factors involved in decisions to run for office for women, and particularly for women of color, in hopes of shedding light on some important institutional, social, and cultural shifts that must occur in order for more women to achieve positions of political leadership. This thesis argues that lingering manifestations of patriarchal ideology within society and politics contribute to a disparate level of political access for U.S. women when compared with their male counterparts, and that access to successful political runs are markedly hampered by women's socialization into traditional gender roles and by a compound effect of race-gender discrimination for women of color.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355138719Subjects--Topical Terms:

558774
Political science.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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