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The Impact of Women in Congress
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Description
The inquiry is quickly moved beyond the simple question 'Do women make a difference?' Dodson confronts the contested issues surrounding difference which often lurk beneath the surface - the probabilistic rather than deterministic relationship between descriptive and substantive representation of women, the contested legitimacy of women representing women, and the disagreement about what it means to represent women. The analysis moves the literature toward a better integrated understanding of how gendered forces at the individual, institutional, and societal levels combine to reinforce and redefine gendered relationships to power in the public sphere. The results can be generalized over time and across settings, are meaningful even in periods when the answer to the question of whether women make a difference seems to be more frequently 'no' than 'yes,' and point to strategies that may bolster the impact of women's presence for substantive representation of women.
Product details
- Edition:
- 1
- Number of Pages:
- 308
- Release Date:
- 2006-07-20
- Publication Date:
- 2005-05-18
- Publisher:
- OUP Oxford
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 0198296746
- ISBN13:
- 9780198296744
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Weight:
- 628 g
- Height:
- 161 cm
- Width:
- 240 cm
- Thickness:
- 21 cm
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