The Paradox of Gender Equality - How American Women's Groups Gained and Lost Their Public Voice (Paperback)

Drawing on original research, Kristin A. Goss examines how women's civic place has changed over the span of more than 120 years, how public policy has driven these changes, and why these changes matter for women and American democracy. Suffrage, which granted women the right to vote and invited their democratic participation, provided a dual platform for the expansion of women's policy agendas. As measured by women's groups' appearances before the U.S. Congress, women's collective political engagement continued to grow between 1920 and 1960-when many conventional accounts claim it declined-and declined after 1980, when it might have been expected to grow. This waxing and waning was accompanied by major shifts in issue agendas, from broad public interests to narrow feminist interests. Goss suggests that ascriptive differences are necessarily barriers to disadvantaged groups' capacity to be heard; that enhanced political inclusion does not directly lead to greater political participation; and that rights movements do not necessarily constitute the best way to understand the political participation of marginalized groups. She asks what women have gained, and perhaps lost, through expanded incorporation, as well as whether single-sex organizations continue to matter in 21st-century America.

General

Imprint:	The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics
Release date:	August 2020
Authors:	Kristin A. Goss
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-472-03783-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	0-472-03783-8
Barcode:	9780472037834

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