Research and Scholarship

CAWP research and research by CAWP scholars that addresses emerging questions about American women's political participation. 

  • The Political Careers of Women Elected Officials: An Assessment and Research Agenda

    by Susan J. Carroll
    Book chapter in Ambition and Beyond: The Career Paths of American Politicians, edited by Shirley Williams and Edward L. Lascher, Jr. (Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, 1993)

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  • Women State Legislators, Women's Organizations, and the Representation of Women's Culture in the United States

    by Susan J. Carroll
    Book chapter in Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment, edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991)

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    Civic and Political Activism
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  • The Impact of Women in Public Office: An Overview

    by Debra L. Dodson, Susan J. Carroll, and Ruth B. Mandel
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1991, 32 pages

    This report highlights and summarizes selected findings from CAWP's study of women state legislators and from the eleven CAWP-sponsored studies of women officeholders' impact conducted by individual scholars. 

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  • Reshaping the Agenda: Women in State Legislatures

    by Debra L. Dodson and Susan J. Carroll
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1991, 122 pages

    This report examines gender differences among state legislators in their policy views, actions, and perspectives on the legislative process. 

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  • Findings at a Glance: Impact of Women in Public Office

    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1991, 8 pages
     

    A summary report on the information from the Impact of Women in Public Office series. 

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  • Gender and Policymaking: Studies of Women in Office

    Ed. Debra L. Dodson 
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1991, 133 pages

    This collection of essays investigates the impact of elected and appointed women officeholders at the local, state, and national levels.

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