Gendering Legislative Behaviour: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration/ Tiffany D.Barnes
By: Barnes, Tiffany D.
Publisher: USA: Cambridge University Press, 2016Description: xiii; 274p.ISBN: 978107143197.Subject(s): Women legislators | Cross-cultural studies | Women -- Political activityDDC classification: 320.082 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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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