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Out and running gay and lesbian candidates, elections, and policy representation
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Title
Out and running [electronic resource] : gay and lesbian candidates, elections, and policy representation / Donald P. Haider-Markel.
ISBN
1589016149
9781589016149
1589016998 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781589016996 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Washington D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 188 p. :) ill. ;
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Summary
This volume presents an analysis of the political representation of gay and lesbian elected candidates and elected officials within government institutions, especially at the state level. It presents a number of findings about the strategies of LGBT candidates for state legislative office, the conditions under which they run and get elected, and most importantly, how electing LGBT legislators helps efforts to shape policies favored by the LGBT rights movement.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Current Complete Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Political Science and Policy Studies Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010-2012 Current Complete Collection Bundle.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 25, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-180) and index.
Contents
Political representation and a brief history of the American LGBT movement
See how they run : voter preferences and candidates' experiences with the role of sexual orientation in state elections
Assessing the role of sexual orientation in elections : LGBT state legislative candidates, 1992-2006
In the legislature : case studies on political representation and LGBT state legislators
Translating descriptive representation into substantive representation
Descriptive representation and backlash
Conclusion : out for good
Appendix A: Survey of 2003-2004 State legislative candidates
Appendix B: Political representation descriptive.
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