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"During the past thirty years political scientists have sought to explain the behavior of members of Congress by assuming that members are rational actors guided by a set of shared motivations - to gain election and reelection, to advance policy goals, and to further career ambitions. Such explanations have tended to downplay the importance of variables such as gender or political party. Jocelyn Jones Evans now offers the most thorough study to date of the role of gender and party in shaping the behavior of members of Congress. Drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative evidence, she argues that both gender and party affect member behavior. Furthermore, she offers an explanation of how these variables relate to explain the differing experiences of female Republicans and female Democrats. Her findings will command the attention of congressional scholars and chart a direction for future research." - Ronald M. Peters, Jr., University of Oklahoma
"Considering the extreme partisanship now characteristic of the House of Representatives and the increasing number of women in the chamber, it's about time that someone examined how party shapes women's House careers. Jocelyn Jones Evans does that. Her party culture framework is likely to prove controversial but should only increase interest in her study."
- Barbara Sinclair, UCLA
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Book Title: Women, Partisanship, and the Congress
Authors: Jocelyn Jones Evans
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403978905
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6662-9Published: 11 May 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52968-1Published: 11 May 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-7890-5Published: 15 April 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 161
Topics: Political Science, Gender Studies, European Politics, Democracy