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041			_aeng.
082	0	0	_a320.0820973 _bPOL-
245	0	0	_aPolitical women : _blanguage and leadership / _cedited by Michele Lockhart and Kathleen Mollick.
260			_aNew York : _bLexington, _c2013.
300			_axii, 231p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level. While over the years women have broken through traditional roles, they are still underrepresented in political leadership. In this text, scholars consider the various factors that continue to restrict political leadership opportunities for women as well as some of the ways in which individual women have strategically sought to enact political power and leadership for themselves. The contributors analyze various case studies of leadership positions at the national level, looking at women who have run, been nominated to run, or appointed to national positions. The interdisciplinary approach lends itself rhetoric; political rhetoric; political discourse; leadership studies; women’s studies; gender issues; satire; pop culture.
546			_aEnglish.
650		0	_aWomen _xPolitical activity _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPolitical oratory _zUnited States.
700	1		_aLockhart, Michele. _eeditor.
700	1		_aMollick, Kathleen. _eeditor
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