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Book Synopsis
While other books have analysed the barriers to higher office that women face, this book reveals how women in positions of power are still forced to balance feminine stereotypes with the perception of power as masculine in order to prove their legitimacy.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: How Female Leaders Get there: Party Workhorses but Not Party Animals
  • Chapter 3: Prime Minister May’s Tightrope Walk between Brexiteers and Remainers
  • Chapter 4: Pelosi’s Tightropes
  • Chapter 5: Conclusion
  • Table 1
  • References
  • Index

Walking the Gendered Tightrope

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A Paperback / softback by Melissa Haussman, Karen M Kedrowski

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    Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
    Publication Date: 28/08/2023
    ISBN13: 9780472056347, 978-0472056347
    ISBN10: 0472056344
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    While other books have analysed the barriers to higher office that women face, this book reveals how women in positions of power are still forced to balance feminine stereotypes with the perception of power as masculine in order to prove their legitimacy.

    Table of Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Chapter 1: Introduction
    • Chapter 2: How Female Leaders Get there: Party Workhorses but Not Party Animals
    • Chapter 3: Prime Minister May’s Tightrope Walk between Brexiteers and Remainers
    • Chapter 4: Pelosi’s Tightropes
    • Chapter 5: Conclusion
    • Table 1
    • References
    • Index

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