FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450. Excludes all international deliveries.

Cracking the Highest Glass Ceiling

Rainbow Murray
    Product form
      FORMAT: Hardback

      R 1,707.00 Price and availability exclusive to website

      YOU COULD EARN 1,707 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.
      ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Approx. 20 - 30 Business Days
      BUY NOW PAY LATER
      From R 284.50 per month!
      3x monthly payments of R 569.00 with
      4x fortnightly payments of R 426.75 with
      This examination of the role of gender stereotyping in media coverage of executive elections uses nine case studies from around the world to provide a unique comparative perspective.In recent years, more and more high-profile women candidates have been running for executive office in democracies all around the world. Cracking the Highest Glass Ceiling: A Global Comparison of Women's Campaigns for Executive Office is the first study to undertake an international comparison of women's campaigns for highest office and to identify the commonalities among them. For example, women candidates often begin as front-runners as the idea of a woman president captures the public imagination, followed by a decline in popularity as stereotypes and gendered media coverage kick in to erode the woman's perceived credibility as a national leader. On the basis of nine international case studies of recent campaigns written by thirteen country specialists, the volume develops an overarching framework which explores how gender stereotypes shape the course and outcome of women's campaigns in the male-dominated worlds of executive elections in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Australasia. This comparative approach allows the authors to discriminate between the contingent effects of a particular candidate or national culture and the universal operation of gender stereotyping. Case studies include the campaigns for executive office of Hillary Rodham Clinton (United States, 2008), Sarah Palin (United States, 2008), Angela Merkel (Germany, 2005 and 2009), Ségolène Royal (France, 2007), Helen Clark (New Zealand, 1996-2008), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina, 2007), Michelle Bachelet (Chile, 2006), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia, 2005), and Irene Sáez (Venezuela, 1998).Essays by 13 distinguished scholars combining research on gender and elections with expertise in a particular countryA table highlighting key findings for each case study, facilitating comparison in a way that has not previously been possibleA bibliography that brings together readings on gender, elections, and media stereotyping from the United States and eight other countries around the world
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Rainbow Murray EAN: 9780313382482 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-07-01 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Gender studies: women and girls, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Central / national / federal government

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Rainbow Murray, PhD, is lecturer in politics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and the convener of two research networks.
      This examination of the role of gender stereotyping in media coverage of executive elections uses nine case studies from around the world to provide a unique comparative perspective.In recent years, more and more high-profile women candidates have been running for executive office in democracies all around the world. Cracking the Highest Glass Ceiling: A Global Comparison of Women's Campaigns for Executive Office is the first study to undertake an international comparison of women's campaigns for highest office and to identify the commonalities among them. For example, women candidates often begin as front-runners as the idea of a woman president captures the public imagination, followed by a decline in popularity as stereotypes and gendered media coverage kick in to erode the woman's perceived credibility as a national leader. On the basis of nine international case studies of recent campaigns written by thirteen country specialists, the volume develops an overarching framework which explores how gender stereotypes shape the course and outcome of women's campaigns in the male-dominated worlds of executive elections in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Australasia. This comparative approach allows the authors to discriminate between the contingent effects of a particular candidate or national culture and the universal operation of gender stereotyping. Case studies include the campaigns for executive office of Hillary Rodham Clinton (United States, 2008), Sarah Palin (United States, 2008), Angela Merkel (Germany, 2005 and 2009), Ségolène Royal (France, 2007), Helen Clark (New Zealand, 1996-2008), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina, 2007), Michelle Bachelet (Chile, 2006), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia, 2005), and Irene Sáez (Venezuela, 1998).Essays by 13 distinguished scholars combining research on gender and elections with expertise in a particular countryA table highlighting key findings for each case study, facilitating comparison in a way that has not previously been possibleA bibliography that brings together readings on gender, elections, and media stereotyping from the United States and eight other countries around the world
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Rainbow Murray EAN: 9780313382482 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-07-01 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Gender studies: women and girls, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Central / national / federal government

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Rainbow Murray, PhD, is lecturer in politics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and the convener of two research networks.

      Recently viewed products

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account