Gendered vulnerability : how women work harder to stay in office / Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lazarus, Jeffrey V., author.

Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976- author.

Series:

Legislative politics & policy making.

Legislative politics and policy making series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in public life.

Women public officers.

Sex discrimination against women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (226 pages) :) illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2018]

Summary:

Gendered Vulnerability examines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. For instance, female candidates get less and lower quality coverage from the media; they face more and better quality political opponents; and they receive less support from their political parties. Beyond these purely electoral factors, women face persistent gender biases throughout society, which makes it more difficult for them to succeed and can also lead them to doubt their abilities and qualifications. These factors combine to convince women that they must work harder to win elections-a phenomenon that Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt term "gendered vulnerability." Since women feel constant pressure to make sure they can win reelection, they devote more of their time and energy to winning their constituents' favor. For example, women secure more federal spending for their districts and states than men do; women devote more time and energy to constituent services; women introduce more bills and resolutions; and women's policy positions are more responsive to what their voters want. Lazarus and Steigerwalt examine a dozen different facets of legislative behavior, and find that across them all, female members simply do a better job of representing their constituents than male members.

Contents:

Introduction

"Coya come home" : gendered vulnerability and women in office

A constituent way of life? Gender and constituency services

Bringing home the bacon is a woman's job : gender and pork barrel spending

Legislating, position taking, and gendered vulnerability

Representing everyone : how gender influences policy responsiveness

Conclusion : "nevertheless she persisted" : the story of women in elected office.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

Contains:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body, publisher.

ISBN:

9780472123599

0472123599

OCLC:

1027965257