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

Main Author: Reingold, Beth.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=90622
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. Representing Women in Theory and in Context; 1. Deconstructing Difference; 2. Gender, Power, and Political Culture in Arizona and California; PART II. Defining the Parameters of Representation; 3. Representational Priorities; 4. Women as a Constituency Group; PART III. Policymaking; 5. Policy Preferences; 6. Policy Priorities; 7. The Rules of the Game; PART IV. Conclusions, Explanations, and Implications; 8. When Women Do Not Make a Difference; 9. The Difference It Makes; Appendix A. Research Design; Appendix B. Roll Call Votes.