{"product_id":"gendering-legislative-behavior-institutional-constraints-and-collaboration-9781107143197","title":"Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tiffany D. Barnes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women in Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn democracies, power is obtained via competition. Yet, as women gain access to parliaments in record numbers, worldwide collaboration appears to be on the rise. This is puzzling: why, if politicians can secure power through competition, would we observe collaboration in Congress? Using evidence from 200 interviews with politicians from Argentina and a novel dataset from 23 Argentine legislative chambers over an 18-year period, Gendering Legislative Behavior reexamines traditional notions of competitive democracy by evaluating patterns of collaboration among legislators. Although only the majority can secure power via competition, all legislators - particularly those who do not have power - can influence the policy-making process through collaboration. Tiffany D. Barnes argues that as women have limited access to formal and informal political power, they collaborate more than men to influence policy-making. Despite the benefits of collaboration, patterns of collaboration vary among women because different legislative contexts either facilitate or constrain women's collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47595796430999,"sku":"9781107143197","price":14317.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781107143197.webp?v=1774991215","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gendering-legislative-behavior-institutional-constraints-and-collaboration-9781107143197","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}