Barnes, Tiffany D <br/><br/>
Gendering Legislative Behaviour:  Institutional Constraints and Collaboration/ 
Tiffany D.Barnes 
 - USA:  Cambridge University Press,  2016 
 - xiii; 274p. 
<br/><br/> In 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.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978107143197 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women legislators<br/>Cross-cultural studies<br/>Women--Political activity
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.082  / BAR-G