Political Equality in a Democratic Society: Women in the United States : Praeger : 9780313237751 : 0313237751 : 27 Mar 1984 : .,."Kendrigan asks two basic questions--what do feminists want from politics, and what is a useful definition of equality? To answer these, she draws on an extensive base of research literature that documents myriad ways in which women are discriminated against in politics. She then proposes two major solutions--women must represent themselves in political life, and they must define equality as equality of results, not equality of oppportunity. Kendrigan shows that neither of these conditions exists now.... This inequality does not result from individual behavior as much as it reflects institutional functioning--social stratification, institutional racism, and institutional sexism--all of which Kendrigan documents. At times Kendrigan makes statements about men's and women's condition in the US that seem exaggerated, but usually her points are firmly girded by re