Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections, Vol. 2
What happens in an electoral environment involving female candidates? Do women face different challenges during the electoral process? Do male candidates pay more attention to women's issues, or make other strategic and behavioural changes, when opposed by a female candidate?\ Richard Logan Fox asks these and other questions with compelling evidence which suggests that women candidates are having a profound impact on the electoral process. The author studies the congressional races of 1992...
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What happens in an electoral environment involving female candidates? Do women face different challenges during the electoral process? How do gender dynamics alter the conventional norms of electoral politics? Do women campaign differently from men? Do male candidates pay more attention to women's issues, or make other strategic and behavioral changes when opposed by a female candidate? Author Richard Logan Fox answers these questions and many others with compelling evidence that suggests that women candidates are having a profound impact on the electoral process. In Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections, Fox studies the congressional races of 1992 and 1994 in California in which a record 19 women were candidates for House seats. He contrasts the experiences of both the male and female candidates and sheds new light on the different challenges women face during political campaigns. Providing a groundbreaking examination of an understudied topic, Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections will be essential for students and professionals in political science.
List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Women on the Rise in California Electoral Politics1Gender and Political Representation in the Elections of 1992 and 199412Women and Men on the Campaign Trail173Gender and Strategy in Campaign Messages584The Gender Dynamics of Fund-Raising, Party Support, and Media Coverage1005The Candidates Go to the Voters1436Conclusion: The Future of Candidate Gender in Electoral Politics183App. ASample of California Congressional Races195App. BInterview Roster197App. CPre-Election Survey203References213Index221About the Author231
