The challenges that women face as Political candidates can be compounded by race.
Navarro is associate professor of Political science at the Un.
Ultimately, this volume demonstrates how the intersection of race and gender creates unique situations for representation and electability of candidates."About the Author: Sharon A.
Finally, the examination of Latina congressional members shows whether and how the intersection of gender and ethnicity in descriptive representation contributes uniquely to patterns of substantive representation.
How do Latinas bridge this? Case studies of prominent Latina officials are examined to understand within which contexts and under what conditions Latinas as candidates and as elected officials will experience intersectionality as advantage and disadvantage.
Aside from campaigning, party identification for a Latina creates a different barrier.
The images that Latinas present and how they interact with voters via social media establishes a new dynamic in campaigning and allows for theory building in the area of race, gender, and campaigns.
In addition to establishing the role stereotypes play in the electability of Latinas, the way they use and diffuse these stereotypes via campaigns is examined.
More specifically, the perception of voters on ideological standings of Latinas provides insight as to what party Latinas are identified with and how they can use this to their advantage.
How are Latinas elected? Are they served by this complex identity or hindered by it? Latinas in American Politics: Embracing and Changing Political Tradition begins addressing the issues by examining the stereotypes Latinas face while running for Political office.
The intersection of race and gender is complicated and often creates more questions than it answers.
In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of Latino issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level.
The challenges that women face as Political candidates can be compounded by race
