Description
Book SynopsisDemonstrates how the Republican and Democratic parties have helped transform, and have been transformed by, American public debate and policy on women's rights. This book not only traces the development of this shift in the parties' relative positions, but also seeks to explain the realignment.
Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2001 Leon Epstein Award, Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association "Informative and well-written ... engaging and impressive ... Furthermore, it is theoretically rich, drawing on a wide array of scholars and disciplines."--Shari Garber Bax, Perspectives on Political Science
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi List of Acronyms xiii Acknowledgments xv Chapter One Women's Rights and the American Parties 3 Chapter Two Of Presidents and Platforms 23 Chapter Three Women's Rights in the House and Senate 73 Chapter Four Explaining Party Issue Realignment 108 Chapter Five Equilibrium Disruption and Issue Redefinition 134 Chapter Six Shifting Coalitions and Changing Elites 181 Chapter Seven The Politics of Women's Rights 226 Appendix 239 References 243 Index 259
