Mothers, daughters, and political socialization : two generations at an American women's college /

Using a unique data set comparing mothers and daughters who attended Douglass College-the women's college of Rutgers University-twenty-five years apart, Krista Jenkins perceptively observes the changes in how women acquire their attitudes toward gender roles and behaviors in the post-women'...

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Main Author: Jenkins, Krista
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2013.
Series:Social logic of politics.
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Summary:Using a unique data set comparing mothers and daughters who attended Douglass College-the women's college of Rutgers University-twenty-five years apart, Krista Jenkins perceptively observes the changes in how women acquire their attitudes toward gender roles and behaviors in the post-women's movement years.Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization examines the role of intergenerational transmission-the maternal influences on younger women-while also looking at differences among women in attitudes and behaviors relative to gender roles that might be attributed to ...
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Physical Description:1 online resource (179 pages)
ISBN:9781439909294 (electronic bk.)
1439909296 (electronic bk.)