The Private Roots of Public Action

Gender, Equality, and Political Participation

Nancy Burns

Kay Lehman Schlozman

Sidney Verba

  • 2002 Johan Skytte Prize for Political Science Awarded by The Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University
  • Co-Winner of the 2002 American Political Science Association's Victoria Schuck Prize

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Citizenship and Unequal Participation

2. Studying Gender and Participation: A Brief Discourse on Method

3. Civic Activity: Political and Non-Political

4. The Political Worlds of Men and Women

5. The Legacy of Home and School

6. Domestic Tranquility: The Beliefs of Wives and Husbands

7. Domestic Hierarchy: The Household as a Social System

8. The Workplace Roots of Political Activity

9. The Realm of Voluntarism: Non-Political Associations and Religious Institutions

10. Gender, Institutions, and Political Participation

11. Gender, Race or Ethnicity, and Participation

12. Family Life and Political Life

13. What If Politics Weren't a Man's Game?

14. Conclusion: The Private Roots of Public Action

Appendixes

A. Numbers of Cases

B. Ranges of Variables

C. Supplementary Tables

D. Explanation of Outcomes Analysis

Index

  • Cover: The Private Roots of Public Action

Nancy Burns is the Henry Simmons Frieze Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan.

Kay Lehman Schlozman is Professor of Political Science, Boston College.

Sidney Verba is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Harvard University.