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Over The Past Several Decades, The Number Of Women Elected To Higher Office In The United States Has Grown Substantially. However, When The Electoral Gains Of Women Are Considered On A State-by-state Basis, There Are Observable Variations In The Rate By State At Which Women Are Elected To State Legislative Office. Scholars Have Noted An Additional Variation In Women Office Holders: That Women Of Color Serve At Higher Rates Than White Women. Becki Scola's Book Provides An Explanation For These Two Interrelated Puzzles On Electoral Gender Gaps. She Examines The Factors Surrounding The Uneven Proportional Distribution Of Female Legislators, And Then Explores Why Gender Appears To Be An Advantage For Women Of Color Office Holders. Building On A Model Of Institutional Influence, Her Analysis Proposes That Some Institutional Structures At The State Level Demand That Women To Run For Office While Others Do Not. She Suggests That In States Where Institutional Structures Signal Their Openness To Female Candidates, There Are More Likely To Be Higher Percentages Of Female Legislators. Scola Also Finds That Across Time, The Variables That Are Important For Predicting Women's Office Holding Acr

Author

Becki Scola,Routledge, Becki S. Scola, Scola, Becki

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780203744086

Subjects

Political Science, Gender Studies, Social_sciences