Women, Partisanship, and the Congress
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781403966629
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political parties; Women's studies; United States; Political Process - Political Parties; Political Science; Gender Studies; Politics/International Relations; USA; Women in politics; Government - Legislative Branch; Social Science / Gender Studies; Congress; Women legislators
First sentence: While gender theory suggests stark differences between the sexes in terms of legislators' issue voting, committee behavior, and leadership styles, it offers little insight on possible ideological and behavioral differences among women in the Congress.