How women represent women
Subtitle: political parties, gender, and representation in the state legislatures
By: Tracy L. Osborn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780199845347
Subjects: Government policy; Party affiliation; Women legislators; States; Political activity; Political parties; Legal status, laws; Women
Description: This title argues that political parties fundamentally structure the ways in which women legislators represent women's interests. Using original election, sponsorship and roll call data across the US state chambers, Osborn shows how parties shape the policy alternatives women offer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How parties affect gender and representation; title: Examining party identity and institutional partisanship; title: Party identity and issue preferences in the 1998 election; title: Party identity and institutional partisanship in agenda setting; title: Institutional partisanship and roll call voting; title: Conclusion.