#neverthelessshepersisted
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A01=Amy Steigerwalt
A01=Jeffrey Lazarus
amy klobuchar
amy steigerwalt
anne northup
Author_Amy Steigerwalt
Author_Jeffrey Lazarus
barbara boxer
barbara mikulski
bias
bigotry
bipartisanship
capitol hill
carol moseley braun
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chauvinism
constituent relations
coya come home
coya knutson
debbie stabenow
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dianne feinstein
earmarking
earmarks
electoral studies
elizabeth warren
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female candidates
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female senators
gender differences
gender studies
heidi heitkamp
hillary clinton
inequality
inequity
jeffrey lazarus
john mccain
joni ernst
judy biggert
katherine clark
kelly ayotte
legislation
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legislative behavior
legislative branch misogyny
Legislative Politics and Policy Making
members of congress
misogyny in politics
nancy pelosi
nevertheless she persisted
nydia velazquez
olympia snowe
pat schroeder
patty murray
political campaigns
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political science
political science misogyny
pork barrel projects
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prejudice
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re-election
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sarah palin
senate
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sexism in legislative branch
sexism in political office
sexism in politics
sociology
sponsor bill
susan molinari
vote for woman
vote for women
women and politics
women candidates
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women in politics
women in the house of representatives
women in the senate
women politicians
women running for office
women's studies
year of the woman
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- ISBN 9780472130719
- Weight: 515g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Mar 2018
- Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 embers simply do a better job of representing their constituents than male members.
Jeffrey Lazarus is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
Amy Steigerwalt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
Amy Steigerwalt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
