Representing women : sex, gender, and legislative behavior in Arizona and California

著者

    • Reingold, Beth

書誌事項

Representing women : sex, gender, and legislative behavior in Arizona and California

by Beth Reingold

University of North Carolina Press, c2000

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-328) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: cloth ISBN 9780807825389

内容説明

The author of this book compares the representational activities and attitudes of male and female members of the Arizona and California state legislatures to illuminate the broader implications of the election and integration of women into public office.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780807848500

内容説明

Women in public office are often assumed to ""make a difference"" for women, as women--in other words, to represent their female constituents better than do their male counterparts. But is sex really an accurate predictor of a legislator's political choices and actions? In this book, Beth Reingold compares the representational activities and attitudes of male and female members of the Arizona and California state legislatures to illuminate the broader implications of the election and integration of women into public office. In the process, she challenges many of the assumptions that underlie popular expectations of women and men in politics. Using in-depth interviews, survey responses, and legislative records, Reingold actually uncovers more similarities between female and male politicians than differences. Moreover, the stories she presents strongly suggest that rather than assuming that who our representatives are determines what they will do in office, we must acknowledge the possibility that the influence of gender on legislative behavior can be weakened, distorted, or accentuated by powerful forces within the social and political contexts of elective office. |This comparative study examines the behavior of male and female members of the Arizona and California state legislatures to investigate whether who our representatives are determines what they will do. Beth Reingold challenges many of the assumptions that underlie popular expectations of women and men in politics.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA4720402X
  • ISBN
    • 0807825387
    • 0807848506
  • LCCN
    99053084
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Chapel Hill, N.C.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiii, 338 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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