Political women : language and leadership / edited by Michele Lockhart and Kathleen Mollick.
Contributor(s): Lockhart, Michele [editor.] | Mollick, Kathleen [editor].
Publisher: New York : Lexington, 2013Description: xii, 231p.ISBN: 9780739182031.Subject(s): Women -- Political activity -- United States | Political oratory -- United StatesDDC classification: 320.0820973 Summary: This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level. While over the years women have broken through traditional roles, they are still underrepresented in political leadership. In this text, scholars consider the various factors that continue to restrict political leadership opportunities for women as well as some of the ways in which individual women have strategically sought to enact political power and leadership for themselves. The contributors analyze various case studies of leadership positions at the national level, looking at women who have run, been nominated to run, or appointed to national positions. The interdisciplinary approach lends itself rhetoric; political rhetoric; political discourse; leadership studies; women’s studies; gender issues; satire; pop culture.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level. While over the years women have broken through traditional roles, they are still underrepresented in political leadership. In this text, scholars consider the various factors that continue to restrict political leadership opportunities for women as well as some of the ways in which individual women have strategically sought to enact political power and leadership for themselves. The contributors analyze various case studies of leadership positions at the national level, looking at women who have run, been nominated to run, or appointed to national positions. The interdisciplinary approach lends itself rhetoric; political rhetoric; political discourse; leadership studies; women’s studies; gender issues; satire; pop culture.
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