Gendering legislative behavior : institutional constraints and collaboration / Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky.
Barnes, Tiffany| Call Number | 320.082 |
| Author | Barnes, Tiffany, author. |
| Title | Gendering legislative behavior : institutional constraints and collaboration / Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016). |
| Summary | 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 - can influence the policy-making process through collaboration. Tiffany D. Barnes argues that as women have limited access to formal and informal political power, they collaborate more than men to influence policy-making. Despite the benefits of collaboration, patterns of collaboration vary among women because different legislative contexts either facilitate or constrain women's collaboration. |
| Subject | Women legislators Cross-cultural studies. Women Political activity Cross-cultural studies. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | 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 - can influence the policy-making process through collaboration. Tiffany D. Barnes argues that as women have limited access to formal and informal political power, they collaborate more than men to influence policy-making. Despite the benefits of collaboration, patterns of collaboration vary among women because different legislative contexts either facilitate or constrain women's collaboration. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016). |
| Subject | Women legislators Cross-cultural studies. Women Political activity Cross-cultural studies. |
| Multimedia |