Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics

Cambridge University Press
Edition: 5, 12/9/2021
EAN 9781009055925, ISBN10: 1009055925

Paperback, 354 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

The fifth edition of Gender and Elections offers a lively, multi-faceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2020 elections. This timely yet enduring volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2020 elections and providing an in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding presidential, congressional, and state elections; voter participation, turnout, and choices; participation of African American women and Latinas; support of political parties and women's organizations; and candidate communication. New chapters explore the role of social movements in elections and introduce concepts of gendered and raced institutions, intersectionality, and identity politics applied to presidential elections from past to present. The resulting volume is the most comprehensive and reliable resource on the role of gender in electoral politics.

Introduction
Gender and electoral politics in the twenty-first century Susan J. Carroll, Richard L. Fox, and Kelly Dittmar
1. Gender, race, and presidential politics
assessing institutional change in 2020 Melanye Price and Kelly Dittmar
2. Women as presidential and vice-presidential contenders
history made and history deferred Kelly Dittmar
3. Gendered mobilization and elections
the intersectional politics of protest Celeste Montoya
4. Voter participation and turnout
more diverse electorate, new forms of activism, record turnout Susan A. MacManus and Amy N. Benner
5. Voting choices
the importance of women voters and the gender gap Susan J. Carroll
6. Presente!
Latinas mobilizing for political change across candidates, races, and voters in 2020 Anna Sampaio
7. Elevating African American women's political leadership amid pandemic politics Wendy G. Smooth
8. Congressional elections
women's candidacies and the road to gender parity Richard L. Fox
9. Women's election to office in the fifty states
changes and challenges Kira Sanbonmatsu and Maria Wilson
10. Supporting women candidates
the role of parties, women's organizations, and PACs Rosalyn Cooperman
11. Gender and candidate communication
TV ads, websites, and social media Dianne Bystrom
Index.