Women and Politics

Women and Politics is a comprehensive examination of women's use of politics and the political system in pursuit of gender equality. Women's claims to equality are complicated by a paradox: How can demands for gender equality be reconciled with sex differences? Resolving this paradox has proceeded a [...]
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Women and Politics is a comprehensive examination of women's use of politics and the political system in pursuit of gender equality. Women's claims to equality are complicated by a paradox: How can demands for gender equality be reconciled with sex differences? Resolving this paradox has proceeded along two paths: the legal equality doctrine, which emphasizes gender neutrality, and the fairness doctrine, which recognizes differences between men and women. The text's in-depth analysis and clear presentation of theory and history helps students to think critically about the challenges faced by women in politics, and about how public policies in education, labor and the economy, and family and reproductive health, impact gender equality. The inclusion of cutting-edge scholarship on the intersections of race, class, and gender and extensive coverage of diversity among women, including new material on Hispanic and Latina women and conservative women, further bolster the text's two-path framework. The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to include coverage of new critical perspectives and recent political events and controversies, including the 2016 presidential election and Hillary Clinton's campaign for president. It also includes new discussions of the impact of recent policy developments in immigration, LGBT rights, and women in the military, and examines current challenges women face in the pursuit of equality.