Social role theory provides a framework to help understand the complexity of gender in the
political sphere. We demonstrate how SRT both helps to explain extant research findings …

The family, and motherhood in particular, have long been themes in American politics, but
have been more prominent in the last three decades [Laurel Elder and Steven Greene …

What does it take for women to win political office? This book uncovers a gendered
qualifications gap, showing that women need to be significantly more qualified than men to …

Diversity in the characteristics of political leaders increases the quality of policy, perceptions
of legitimacy, and accountability to constituents. Yet, increasing leaders' diversity proves one …

How did the first female voters cast their ballots? For almost 100 years, answers to this
question have eluded scholars. Counting Women's Ballots employs new data and novel …

Incivility in social media has become a major concern of the public, who perceive uncivil
online interactions to be both widespread and increasing. This study provides a descriptive …

Efforts to influence attitudes on highly polarizing issues, such as climate change, often fail
because individuals interpret political messages through the lens of their partisan identities …

An extensive literature on the politics of the family suggests that familial relationships play a
central role in individuals' political socialization and can ultimately shape one's policy …

Attitudinal differences between urban and rural voters in America have been in the spotlight
in recent years and engaging rural populations politically has been growing in importance …

In 2006, Andrea O'Reilly coined the term motherhood studies to acknowledge and
demarcate this new scholarship on motherhood as a legitimate and autonomous discipline …