In the past twenty years, intersectionality has emerged as a compelling response to
arguments on behalf of identity-based politics across the discipline. It has done so by …

Unequal life-chances became a key feature of cross-border migration to, and within, the
enlarged Europe. Combining transnational, intersectional and cultural-sociological …

Over the past several decades, the number of women elected to higher office in the United
States has grown substantially. However, when the electoral gains of women are considered …

The sources of political attitudes are among the most studied phenomena of modern politics.
Moving away from the traditional focus on party systems, the demographic characteristics of …

" The South continues to be the most distinctive region in American politics. Over the last half
century, Democratic dominance in the South has given way to the emergence of a truly …

The present study contributes to the literature on federal lower court decision‐making as
well as the broader body of research on gender effects on elite behavior by showing how …

The Intersection of Race and Gender in National Politics is an exploratory analysis that not
only looks at the role black women have played in the national political arena but also …

This study focuses on women of color and their paths to elected office. A central question we
pose in this paper is whether there may be distinctive paths to political office for black, Latina …

The nomination and confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme
Court rekindled the debate surrounding gender and judicial behavior. While numerous …

African American women have been disparaged in the workplace because of their
embodied characteristics—race and gender. It is a little understood phenomenon how …