Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781316507650)

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. Although only the majority can secure power via competition, all legislators - particularly those who do not have power - can influence the policy-making process through collaboration. Tiffany D. Barnes argues that as women have limited access to formal and informal political power, they collaborate more than men to influence policy-making. Despite the benefits of collaboration, patterns of collaboration vary among women because different legislative contexts either facilitate or constrain women's collaboration.

Author: Tiffany D. Barnes
ISBN-10: 1316507653
ISBN-13: 9781316507650
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2016
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.06w x 0.65d