| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-328) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
The author of this book compares the representational activities and attitudes of male and female members of the Arizona and California state legislatures to illuminate the broader implications of the election and integration of women into public office. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women legislators -- Arizona.
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Women legislators. |
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Arizona. |
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Women legislators -- California.
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California. |
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Women -- Political activity -- Arizona.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Women -- Political activity -- California.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Reingold, Beth. Representing women. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000 0807825387 (DLC) 99053084 (OCoLC)42753551 |
| ISBN |
0807861057 (electronic book) |
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9780807861059 (electronic book) |
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9780807825389 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807825387 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807848500 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807848506 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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