Representing Women: Sex, Gender, and Legislative Behavior in Arizona and CaliforniaUniv of North Carolina Press, 2000 - 338 halaman 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 |
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Deconstructing Difference | 13 |
Gender Power and Political Culture in Arizona and California | 51 |
Defining the Parameters of Representation | 93 |
Representational Priorities | 95 |
Women as a Constituency Group | 113 |
Policymaking | 135 |
Policy Preferences | 137 |
Policy Priorities | 161 |
When Women Do Not Make a Difference | 215 |
The Difference It Makes | 242 |
A Research Design | 255 |
B Roll Call Votes | 278 |
C Legislative Subject Codes and Corresponding Standing Committees | 286 |
Notes | 293 |
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