Mary Margaret Conway, often published as M. Margaret Conway or Margaret Conway, is an American

political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...

. She is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

. Conway is a scholar of

political behavior Theories of political behavior, as an aspect of political science, attempt to quantify and explain the influences that define a person's political views, ideology, and levels of political participation. Political behavior is the subset of hu ...

, and particularly on how gender and race affect

political participation Citizen Participation or Public Participation in social science refers to different mechanisms for the public to express opinions—and ideally exert influence—regarding political, economic, management or other social decisions. Participato ...

Career

Conway has published extensively on the topic of political behavior and its interactions with gender and race. In 1985, Conway published the book ''Political Participation in the United States''. Conway structured the book around paradoxes in the study of participation in the United States, which allowed her to both challenge and elaborate the major theories of political participation. ''Political Participation in the United States'' was reprinted several times, and by its third edition in 2000 it had become a central book in the study of political participation. Conway's study of the general problem of political participation in America has included several works that examine the participation of different demographic groups in American politics. She was a co-author, with Pei-te Lien and Janelle Wong, of the 2004 book ''The Politics of Asian Americans''. In ''The Politics of Asian Americans'', Lien, Conway, and Wong use a national survey to study

Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...

s' progress and the social barriers that remain, and to measure the extent of their political participation and

social integration Social integration is the process during which newcomers or minorities are incorporated into the social structure of the host society. Social integration, together with economic integration and identity integration, are three main dimensions of ...

. Conway has also published books and articles on political participation by women, including as a co-author of the 2004 book ''Women & Public Policy: A Revolution in Progress''. She was also a coauthor, with David W. Ahern and Gertrude A. Steuernagel, of the 1997 book ''Women and Political Participation: Cultural Change in the Political Arena'', which had multiple printings. Conway has also studied the question of why so few women held public office in the United States through the end of the 20th century. Conway received the 2004 Frank J. Goodnow Award from The

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, which is awarded to recognize "outstanding service to the political science community and to the Association".

Selected works

*''Political Participation in the United States'' (1985) *''Women and political participation: Cultural change in the political arena'' (1997) *''The Politics of Asian Americans'', with Pei-te Lien and Janelle Wong (2004)

References

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