The Conditional Effects of Female Descriptive Representation: A Study of Policy Influence in State Legislatures, 1983-2002

Many scholars believe in order to have democratic legitimacy, females should be represented in governing bodies at all levels. Significant literature on female descriptive representation in the U.S. for women’s policy responsiveness confirms the importance between the percentage of females in the l...

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Main Author: Barnes, Mary Elizabeth
Other Authors: Meier, Kenneth
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10658