Becki Scola

Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States (eBook, PDF)

Representation at the Intersections

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Produktbeschreibung

Becki Scola's book provides an explanation for two interrelated puzzles on electoral gender gaps. She examines the factors surrounding the uneven proportional distribution of female legislators, and then explores why gender appears to be an advantage for women of color office holders. Building on a model of institutional influence, her analysis proposes that some institutional structures at the state level "demand" that women to run for office while others do not. Scola also finds that across time, the variables that are important for predicting women's office holding across the states are different for white women and women of color. The first book-length study to analyze how race informs gender in terms of patterns of office holding, Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States provides insight into both underrepresentation in general as well as the underlying dynamics of representation within specific groups of women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135010454
• Artikelnr.: 40143319

Autorenporträt

Becki Scola is an Assistant Professor at Saint Joseph's University. Her research interests include American institutions, gender politics, race/ethnic politics, and social justice policy. She has published in State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, and Politics & Gender, and she is currently completing a project that examines anti-hunger advocacy at the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity in Philadelphia, as well as a study that examines women's path to office in Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Women of Color's Legislative Service. 2.
Geographical Variation, the Gender Gap, and Intersecting Theories of
Representation. 3. Mapping the Terrain: Descriptive Representation at the
Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity. 4. Geographical Variation at the
Intersection. 5. Gender Gaps at the Intersection. 6. Conclusion:
Representation at the Intersections.