Barnes, Tiffany D
Gendering Legislative Behaviour: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration/ Tiffany D.Barnes - USA: Cambridge University Press, 2016 - xiii; 274p.
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.
978107143197
Women legislators
Cross-cultural studies
Women--Political activity
320.082 / BAR-G
Gendering Legislative Behaviour: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration/ Tiffany D.Barnes - USA: Cambridge University Press, 2016 - xiii; 274p.
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.
978107143197
Women legislators
Cross-cultural studies
Women--Political activity
320.082 / BAR-G