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Part I Women, Equality, and Feminist Theory

•     Chapter 1 The Study of Women: A Theoretical Framework
  • Feminist Theory as Seeing, Jennifer Ring
  • The Riddle of Consciousness: Racism and Identity in Feminist Theory, Nancie E. Caraway

Part II Women and Politics

•     Chapter 2 Gender Differences in Political Attitudes and Voting
  • Rethinking Pink and Blue: Gender, Occupational Stratification and Political Attitudes, Gertude A. Steuernagel, et.al.
  • The Gender Gap in the Early 21st Century: Volatility from Security Concerns, Cal Clark and Janet M. Clark
  • The New Right in American Politics: What Do Women Have to Do With It?, Cynthia Burack
•     Chapter 3 Women, Media, and Group Politics
  • Women and Sex Stereotypes: Cultural Reflections in the Mass Media, Louis Duke Whitaker
  • What Kind of Women's Movement? Community, Representation and Resurgence, Denise L. Baer
•     Chapter 4 Women and Elections: The Uphill Struggle
  • Women Winning at the Local Level: Are County & School Board Positions Becoming More Desirable & Plugging the Pipeline to Higher Office?, Susan A. MacManus, et.al.
  • On the Eve of Transition: Women in Southern Legislatures, 1946-1968, Joanne V. Hawks and Carolyn Ellis Staton
  • Women Campaign Consultants: A New Actor in the Campaign Process, Sarah Brewer

Part III Gender and Government

•     Chapter 5 Legislatures, Women, and Policy Making 
  • Women in the U.S. Congress: From Entry to Exit, Jennifer L. Lawless and Sean M. Theriault
  • Women State Legislators: Descriptive and Substantive Representation, Sarah Poggione
•     Chapter 6 The Executive Branch: Women and Leadership
  • Gendering the Political Executive's Space: The Changing Landscape?, Marcia Lynn Whicker and Hedy Leonie Isaacs
  • First Ladies and Their Influence on Politics, Policy and the Presidency, Robert P. Watson
  • Women Governors in the 21st Century: Re-Examining the Pathways to the Presidency, Sara J. Weir
•     Chapter 7 The Courts: Women and Decisions
  • Litigating for Social Change: The Role of Women's Groups in Advancing Women's Rights, Karen O'Connor
  • Bias or Counterbalance: Women Judges Making a Difference, Elaine Martin

Part IV Women and National Policy

• Chapter 8 Public Policy
  • Working Women and Their Families: The Family and Medical Leave Act Versus The Family Time Flexibility Act, Joan Hulse Thompson
  • Sex at Risk in Insurance Classifications: The Supreme Court as Shaper of Public Policy, Ruth Bamberger
  • Affirmative Action and Women, Roberta Ann Johnson
• Chapter 9 Women, Activist, Empowerment, and Cultural Expression
•   The Political is Personal: Third Wave Feminist Perspectives on Power, Kathleen P. Iannello
  • Inside or Outside? Women's Role in American Military History, D'Ann M. Campbell
  • Grounds for Criticism: Coffee, Passion, and the Politics of Feminist Discourse, Elizabeth A. Kelly

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