Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics

I read this book for my master's thesis that I am writing this semester. It had a lot of valuable information about the 2008 election, and the candidacies of Clinton and Palin and how they were able to impact female voters. It reviews the glass ceiling, the gender gap, mobilization strategies that were put into effect by each candidate, and also has a lot of good info about specific cohorts of women and how they voted, including Latina women and African American women. There is info about women voting trends in Congressional elections, as well as how advertising and the media impacted the outcome of the election. All in all, the book touches on a number of variables that had a direct effect on the outcome of the 2008 election, and I highly recommend it for those who are conducting research in this area of political science.

Below is the list of contributors and chapter titles. We thought this might be useful to potential buyers. Introduction: Gender and Electoral Politics into the Twenty-First Century - Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox Chapter 1: Presidential Elections: Gendered Space and the Case of 2004 - Georgia Duerst-Lahti Chapter 2: Voter Participation and Turnout: It's a New Game - Susan A. MacManus Chapter 3: Voting Choices: Meet You at the Gender Gap - Susan J. Carroll Chapter 4: Congressional Elections: Where Are We on the Road to Gender Parity? - Richard L. Fox Chapter 5: African American Women and Electoral Politics: Journeying from the Shadows to the Spotlight - Wendy G. Smooth Chapter 6: Political Parties and Women's Organizations: Bringing Women into the Electoral Arena - Barbara Burrell Chapter 7: Advertising, Web Sites, and Media Coverage: Gender and Communication Along the Campaign Trail - Dianne Bystrom Chapter 8: State Elections: Where Do Women Run? Where Do Women Win? - Kira Sanbonmatsu