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Reveals why the US differs from comparable democracies that routinely elect far more women to their national governing bodies and chief executive positions. Explaining that equal rights alone do not ensure equal access to political office, this title shows that electoral gender parity also requires public policies that represent maternal traits.

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"""The lack of female leadership in the United States is a serious puzzle. To solve it, this subtle and sophisticated book examines the very idea of the state and how the policies it enacts shape public attitudes that lead to the exclusion of women from national political office. The Motherless State fills a major gap in the literature on women and political leadership in the United States."" - Ruth O'Brien, Graduate Center of the City University of New York"""

The lack of female leadership in the United States is a serious puzzle. To solve it, this subtle and sophisticated book examines the very idea of the state and how the policies it enacts shape public attitudes that lead to the exclusion of women from national political office. The Motherless State fills a major gap in the literature on women and political leadership in the United States. - Ruth O'Brien, Graduate Center of the City University of New York

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Eileen McDonagh is professor of political science at Northeastern University and visiting scholar at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.

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