{"product_id":"gendering-legislative-behavior-tiffany-d-barnes-9781316507650","title":"Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tiffany D. Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1316507653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316507650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.06w x 0.65d","brand":"Tiffany D. Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47036578693375,"sku":"9781316507650","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2063bd1-dd98-4c8c-bb65-c9a6ee1d4e48.jpg?v=1752638000","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gendering-legislative-behavior-tiffany-d-barnes-9781316507650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}