Citizenship and unequal participation -- Studying gender and participation: a brief discourse on method -- Civic activity: political and non-political -- The political worlds of men and women -- The legacy of home and school -- Domestic tranquility: the beliefs of wives and husbands -- Domestic hierarchy: the household as a social system -- The workplace roots of political activity -- The realm of voluntarism: non-political associations and religious institutions -- Gender, institutions, and political participation -- Gender, race or ethnicity, and participation -- Family life and political life -- What if politics weren't a man's game? -- Conclusion: The private roots of public action.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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? This book presents a study of this puzzle of unequal participation.
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Title
Private roots of public action.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Political participation-- United States.
Sex role-- United States.
Social institutions-- United States.
Women-- Political activity-- United States.
Femmes en politique-- États-Unis.
Institutions sociales-- États-Unis.
Participation politique-- États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe-- États-Unis.
Frau.
Geschlechterrolle
Ongelijkheid.
Political participation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.