000			01080nam a22001697a 4500
999			_c27417 _d27417
020			_a978107143197
082			_bBAR-G _a320.082
100			_aBarnes, Tiffany D
245			_aGendering Legislative Behaviour: _bInstitutional Constraints and Collaboration/ _cTiffany D.Barnes
260			_aUSA: _bCambridge University Press, _c2016
300			_axiii; 274p.
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aWomen legislators
650			_aCross-cultural studies
650			_aWomen _xPolitical activity
942			_2ddc _cBK