Women in Politics: Resources

The following are resources available for further research on women, leadership and political participation.

Abzug, Bella S. Gender Gap: Bella Abzug's Guide to Political Power for American Women. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984.

Bashevkin, Sylvia. Women on the Defensive: Living through Conservative Times. University of Chicago Press, 1998.

Bookman, Ann and Sandra Morgen, eds. Women and the Politics of Empowerment. Philadelpia: Temple University Press, 1988.

• Comparison of different modes of leadership in governance

Braden, Maria. Women Politicians and the Media. University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

Burell, Barbara. A Woman's Place is in the House: Campaigning for Congress in the Feminist Era. University of Michigan Press, 1994.

Cantor, Dorothy W and Toni Bernay. Women in Power: The Secrets of Leadership. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

Carabillo, Toni and Judith Meuli. The Feminization of Power. The Fund for the Feminist Majority, 1988.

Duerst-Lahti, Georgia and Rita Mae Kelly. Gender Power, Leadership and Governance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995.

Flammang, Janet A., ed. Political Women: Current Roles in State and Local Government. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1984.

Genovese, Michael A. Women as National Leaders. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1993.

• Women in executive roles in foreign countries

Hutner, Frances C. Our Vision and Values: Women Shaping the Twenty-First Century. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1994.

Jamieson, Kathleen Hall. Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Kelly, Rita Mae and Mary Boutilier. The Making of Political Women: A Study of Socialization and Role Conflict. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995.

• Family relations and female self-image
• Personal control and Political salience

Le Veness, Frank P. and Jane P. Sweeney, eds. Women Leaders in Contemporary United States Politics. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1987.

Mandel, Ruth. In the Running: The New Woman Candidate. New Haven: Ticknor and Fields, 1981.

Mueller, Carol M., ed. The Politics of the Gender Gap: The Social Construction of Political Influence. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1988.

• Women's claims: are they special interest claims?
• Government Spending: supporting and recieving it

Reid-Merritt, Patricia. Sister Power: How Phenomenal Black Women are Rising to the Top. New York: Wiley & Sons, 1996.

Thomas, Sue. How Women Legislate. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Tilly, Louise A. and Patricia Gurin, eds. Women, Politics and Change. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1990.

Van Nostrand, Catharine Herr. Gender-Responsible Leadership. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1993.

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