Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race, and Political Representation in the United States - Rilegato

Hardy-Fanta, Carol

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ISBN 10: 0789036665 ISBN 13: 9780789036667

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

Cutting-edge research on the intersection of race, gender, and politics

Traditionally, there has been a significant lack of empirical attention given to the ways in which race/ethnicity, gender, and political representation overlap. Intersectionality and Politics is the groundbreaking collection of contemporary research and essays that applies the concept of intersectionality specifically to descriptive and substantive representation by African-American, Latino/a, and Asian-American elected officials. This unique compilation looks at numerous states and focuses on multiple racial/ethnic groups to demonstrate the importance of this theory for understanding the political leadership of people of color and women.

Intersectionality and Politics is the wide-ranging text that is both informative overview and thought-provoking analysis of a subject that has received little practical study. Articles in this important text cover a expansive gamut from women of color as elected officials and the changing face of leadership in America today to an exploration of the growing interest in intersectionality and a look toward the potential of future research making it a useful and comprehensive one-stop resource.

Contributors to Intersectionality and Politics explore critical topics such as:

• the contours and context of descriptive representation with a focus on women of color
• the puzzle of women of color’s proportionately higher percentage of office holding in state legislatures
• agenda-setting behavior of African-American female state legislators
• the impact of race and gender on the likelihood of legislative bill submission and passage
• patterns of gendered representation and related legislative advocacy within Latino delegations in the Southwest
• new findings on the Latino/a gender gap
• the public policy implications of intersectionality theory
• and many more!

Complete with extensive bibliographies and a wealth of tables and figures to highlight the striking findings, Intersectionality and Politics is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students and educators in political science, ethnic studies, Latino/Black/Asian studies, gender studies, sociology, and women’s studies. Policymakers, politicians, and those working in high-minority areas will also find this to be an invaluable text.

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L'autore:

Carol Hardy-Fanta, PhD, is Director of the Center forWomen in Politics and Public Policy at UMass Boston’s John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies.Dr. Hardy-Fanta is the author of two books, and numerous articles. She is a nationally recognized scholar on Latina/o politics and has published widely on the intersection of gender, race, and ethnicity in politics and public policy.

Contenuti:

• Introduction (Carol Hardy-Fanta)
• THE CONTOURS AND CONTEXT OF DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION
• Gender, Race, and Descriptive Representation in the United States: Findings from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project (Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien, Dianne M. Pinderhughes, and Christine Marie Sierra)
• Women of Color in State Legislatures: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Legislative Office Holding (Becki Scola)
• SUBSTANTIVE IMPACT OF THE CHANGING FACE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
• Agenda Setting and African-American Women in State Legislatures (Kathleen A. Bratton, Kerry L. Haynie, and Beth Reingold)
• Race and Gender Matter: Refining Models of Legislative Policy Making in State Legislatures (Byron D’Andrá Orey, Wendy Smooth, with Kimberly S. Adams and Kisha Harris-Clark)
• Gender and Ethnicity: Patterns of Electoral Success and Legislative Advocacy Among Latina and Latino State Officials in Four States (Luis Ricardo Fraga, Linda Lopez, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and Ricardo Ramírez)
• A Second Look: Is There a Latina/o Gender Gap? (Lisa García Bedolla, Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, and Adrian D. Pantoja)
• INTERSECTIONALITY: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
• Envisioning the Possibilities for a Good Life: Exploring the Public Policy Implications of Intersectionality Theory (Tiffany Manuel)
• Commentary: The Practice and Functioning of Intersectionality and Politics (Julia S. Jordan-Zachery)
• About the Contributors
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0789036665
• ISBN 13: 9780789036667
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 240