Overview
Kristin A. Goss examines how women’s civic place has changed over the span of more than 120 years, how public policy has driven these changes, and why these changes matter for women and American democracy. As measured by women’s groups’ appearances before the U.S. Congress, women’s collective political engagement continued to grow between 1920 and 1960—when many conventional accounts claim it declined—and declined after 1980, when it might have been expected to grow. Goss asks what women have gained, and perhaps lost, through expanded incorporation, as well as whether single-sex organizations continue to matter in 21st-century America.
Full Product Details
Author: Kristin A. Goss
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.375kg
ISBN: 9780472037834
ISBN 10: 0472037838
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 06 August 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[Goss] presents a fresh perspective on women's collective political action and engagement that brings to life common concepts within the lexicon of American political studies. ... Highly recommended. --Choice This ambitious book introduces many questions, frameworks, and theories that promise to animate graduate courses as well as conference sessions. Goss's calculations of appearances by large-membership women's organizations before Congress to chart trends in the depth and breadth of women's civic participation will no doubt stir debate. --The Journal of American History Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title One of the Huffington Post's Best Political Science Books of 2013
[Goss] presents a fresh perspective on women's collective political action and engagement that brings to life common concepts within the lexicon of American political studies. ... Highly recommended. -Choice This ambitious book introduces many questions, frameworks, and theories that promise to animate graduate courses as well as conference sessions. Goss's calculations of appearances by large-membership women's organizations before Congress to chart trends in the depth and breadth of women's civic participation will no doubt stir debate. -The Journal of American History Named Choice Outstanding Academic Title
"[Goss] presents a fresh perspective on women's collective political action and engagement that brings to life common concepts within the lexicon of American political studies. ... Highly recommended."" —Choice “This ambitious book introduces many questions, frameworks, and theories that promise to animate graduate courses as well as conference sessions. Goss’s calculations of appearances by large-membership women’s organizations before Congress to chart trends in the depth and breadth of women’s civic participation will no doubt stir debate."" —The Journal of American History Named Choice Outstanding Academic Title"
Author Information
Kristin A. Goss is Kevin D. Gorter Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.
