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The difference women make : the policy impact of women in Congress / Michele L. Swers.
LIBRA JK1051 .S94 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swers, Michele L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--Voting.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- Voting.
- Women legislators--United States.
- Women legislators.
- Decision making.
- United States--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Policy impact of women in Congress
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Does electing women have a policy impact?
- Women, the political parties, and the gender gap
- Bill sponsorship : placing women's issues on the national agenda
- Cosponsorship : registering support for women's issues
- Amendments in committees : working behind the scenes for women's issues
- Fighting for women's issues on the floor
- Roll-call voting : taking a public position on women's issues
- Conclusion : does electing women matter? The impact on policy development and democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226786471
- 0226786498
- OCLC:
- 50560771
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