The Private Roots of Public Action: Gender, Equality, and Political ParticipationHarvard University Press, 2001 M09 30 - 453 pages Why, after several generations of suffrage and a revival of the women's movement in the late 1960s, do women continue to be less politically active than men? Why are they less likely to seek public office or join political organizations? The Private Roots of Public Action is the most comprehensive study of this puzzle of unequal participation. |
Contents
Introduction Citizenship and Unequal Participation | 1 |
Studying Gender and Participation A Brief Discourse on Method | 39 |
Civic Activity Political and NonPolitical | 61 |
The Political Worlds of Men and Women | 99 |
The Legacy of Home and School | 137 |
Domestic Tranquility The Beliefs of Wives and Husbands | 152 |
Domestic Hierarchy The Household as a Social System | 174 |
The Workplace Roots of Political Activity | 198 |
Family Life and Political Life | 307 |
What If Politics Werent a Mans Game? | 334 |
Conclusion The Private Roots of Public Action | 357 |
APPENDIXES INDEX | 387 |
Numbers of Cases | 389 |
Ranges of Variables | 392 |
Supplementary Tables | 399 |
Explanation of Outcomes Analysis | 429 |
The Realm of Voluntarism NonPolitical Associations and Religious Institutions | 219 |
Gender Institutions and Political Participation | 246 |
Gender Race or Ethnicity and Participation | 274 |
Index | 433 |