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The Private Roots of Public Action : Gender, Equality, and Political Participation.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (470 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674029088
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Private Roots of Public ActionDDC classification:
  • 323/.042/0973
LOC classification:
  • JK1764
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Citizenship and Unequal Participation -- 2. Studying Gender and Participation -- 3. Civic Activity -- 4. The Political Worlds of Men and Women -- 5. The Legacy of Home and School -- 6. Domestic Tranquility -- 7. Domestic Hierarchy -- 8. The Workplace Roots of Political Activity -- 9. The Realm of Voluntarism -- 10. Gender, Institutions, and Political Participation -- 11. Gender, Race or Ethnicity, and Participation -- 12. Family Life and Political Life -- 13. What If Politics Weren't a Man's Game? -- 14. Conclusion: The Private Roots of Public Action -- Appendixes -- A. Numbers of Cases -- B. Ranges of Variables -- C. Supplementary Tables -- D. Explanation of Outcomes Analysis -- Index.
Summary: Why, after several generations of suffrage and a revival of the women's movement in the late 1960s, do women continue to be less politically active than men? The Private Roots of Public Action is the most comprehensive study of this puzzle of unequal participation.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Citizenship and Unequal Participation -- 2. Studying Gender and Participation -- 3. Civic Activity -- 4. The Political Worlds of Men and Women -- 5. The Legacy of Home and School -- 6. Domestic Tranquility -- 7. Domestic Hierarchy -- 8. The Workplace Roots of Political Activity -- 9. The Realm of Voluntarism -- 10. Gender, Institutions, and Political Participation -- 11. Gender, Race or Ethnicity, and Participation -- 12. Family Life and Political Life -- 13. What If Politics Weren't a Man's Game? -- 14. Conclusion: The Private Roots of Public Action -- Appendixes -- A. Numbers of Cases -- B. Ranges of Variables -- C. Supplementary Tables -- D. Explanation of Outcomes Analysis -- Index.

Why, after several generations of suffrage and a revival of the women's movement in the late 1960s, do women continue to be less politically active than men? The Private Roots of Public Action is the most comprehensive study of this puzzle of unequal participation.

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