{"product_id":"the-motherless-state-eileen-mcdonagh-9780226514550","title":"The Motherless State: Women's Political Leadership and American Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican women attain more professional success than most of their counterparts around the world, but they lag surprisingly far behind in the national political arena. Women held only 15 percent of U.S. congressional seats in 2006, a proportion that ranks America behind eighty-two other countries in terms of females elected to legislative office. A compelling exploration of this deficiency, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotherless State\u003c\/i\u003e reveals why the United States differs from comparable democracies that routinely elect far more women to their national governing bodies and chief executive positions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExplaining that equal rights alone do not ensure equal access to political office, Eileen McDonagh shows that electoral gender parity also requires public policies that represent maternal traits. Most other democracies, she demonstrates, view women as more suited to govern because their governments have taken on maternal roles through social welfare provisions, gender quotas, or the continuance of symbolic hereditary monarchies. The United States has not adopted such policies, and until it does, McDonagh insightfully warns, American women run for office with a troubling disadvantage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eileen McDonagh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226514552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226514550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2009 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010","brand":"Eileen McDonagh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119457202431,"sku":"9780226514550","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b165159-90b8-47c2-b98c-6c4a2a7231b9.jpg?v=1687409459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-motherless-state-eileen-mcdonagh-9780226514550","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}