Year Of The Woman

Clyde Wilcox is professor of government at Georgetown University. He has published a number of books on religion and politics in the U.S. and abroad, and on interest group politics, including Groups in American Elections: The New Face of Electioneering, Second Edition and The Values Campaign: The Christian Right in the 2004 Elections . He also writes on gender politics, campaign finance, and the politics of science fiction.

• Forthcoming Titles -- Why Was 1992 the "Year of the Woman"? Explaining Women's Gains in 1992 -- The California Senate Races: A Case Study in the Gendered Paradoxes of Politics -- Patty Murray: The Mom in Tennis Shoes Goes to the Senate -- Carol Moseley-Braun: The Insider as Insurgent -- Lynn Yeakel Versus Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania: Why She Lost -- When Women Run Against Women: Double Standards and Vitriol in the New York Primary -- Women and the 1992 House Elections -- Women in State Legislatures: One Step at a Time -- Political Parties and the Year of the Woman -- Women's PACs in the Year of the Woman -- Political Advertising in the "Year of the Woman": Did X Mark the Spot? -- Voter Responses to Women Senate Candidates -- Gender and Voting in the 1992 Presidential Election -- Increasing the Number of Women in Office: Does It Matter?