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Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration
Tiffany D. Barnes
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Description for Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration
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In democracies, power is obtained via competition. Yet, as women gain access to parliaments in record numbers, worldwide collaboration appears to be on the rise. This is puzzling: why, if politicians can secure power through competition, would we observe collaboration in Congress? Using evidence from 200 interviews with politicians from Argentina and a novel dataset from 23 Argentine legislative chambers over an 18-year period, Gendering Legislative Behavior reexamines traditional notions of competitive democracy by evaluating patterns of collaboration among legislators. Although only the majority can secure power via competition, all legislators - particularly those who do not have power - ... Read more
In democracies, power is obtained via competition. Yet, as women gain access to parliaments in record numbers, worldwide collaboration appears to be on the rise. This is puzzling: why, if politicians can secure power through competition, would we observe collaboration in Congress? Using evidence from 200 interviews with politicians from Argentina and a novel dataset from 23 Argentine legislative chambers over an 18-year period, Gendering Legislative Behavior reexamines traditional notions of competitive democracy by evaluating patterns of collaboration among legislators. Although only the majority can secure power via competition, all legislators - particularly those who do not have power - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781316507650
SKU
V9781316507650
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About Tiffany D. Barnes
Tiffany D. Barnes is an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. With the support of the National Science Foundation and the Ora N. Arnold Fellowship, she conducted extensive fieldwork in Argentina, visiting nineteen of the country's twenty-four provinces, collecting a large dataset of legislative activity, and conducting more than 200 interviews with legislators and elite political observers. In 2013 ... Read more
Reviews for Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration
'Essential reading for scholars in comparative politics, including those in the fields of Latin American studies, women and politics and legislative studies. While many studies focus on how women can achieve elective office, few examine women's strategies as legislators. This book develops a theory of the conditions under which legislative collaboration is most likely to occur, by focusing on women's ... Read more