• Out and running : gay and lesbian candidates, elections, and policy representation
  • Record Type: Electronic resources : monographic
    Title Information: gay and lesbian candidates, elections, and policy representation
    Author: Haider-MarkelDonald P,
    Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
    Published: Georgetown University Press;
    Year of Publication: c2010
    Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 188 p.)ill. :
    Series: American governance and public policy series
    Subject: Elections - United States -
    Subject: Political clmpaigns - United States -
    Subject: Gay politicians - United States -
    Subject: Gays - Political activity - United States -
    Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781589016149/
    Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-180) and index
    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 mostimportantly, how electing LGBT legislators helps efforts to shape policies favored by the LGBT rights movement
    ISBN: 9781589016149electronic bk.
    ISBN: 1589016149electronic bk.
    ISBN: 9781589016996pbk.
    ISBN: 1589016998pbk.
    Content Note: 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 -- Assessingthe 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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