Date of Graduation
2015
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
PhD
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Political Science
Committee Chair
Jeff Worsham
Committee Co-Chair
Erin Cassese
Committee Member
Shauna Fisher
Committee Member
John Kilwein
Committee Member
L C Plein
Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the role of gender in shaping policies and politics. In the first empirical chapter, I explore support for women candidates for elected office and positions of public authority. The chapter investigates how membership in groups defined by race and gender shapes attitudes towards women holding political office. Next, I map how the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) made it to the legislative agenda and seek to answer the question of how gender entered the discussion of violence. Using the literature on issue framing and entrepreneurship, I explore how attention to the issue of domestic violence resulted in the passage of the VAWA. The final empirical chapter examines how state supreme courts deal with women who are victims of domestic violence.
Recommended Citation
Barrick, Andrea S., "Gender, Policies, and Politics" (2015). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 5159.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/5159