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Women in the Club : Gender and policy making in the Senate

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It’s been over twenty years since 1992 was hailed as the Year of the Woman, so-called because of an increase in the number of female senators elected to the US Congress. Progress with regards to women’s numerical political representation, whilst not having ground to a halt, has been slow. Although it’s no longer a case of Nine and Counting, currently there are just twenty women in the 100 strong chamber; put another way, 80 percent of senators are men. Of the twenty female senators, which represent the largest number elected to date, 16 are Democrat and 4 are Republican. This inter party difference is not unimportant and indeed as we might expect it shapes and influences the differing perceptions of women’s issues amongst the women senators. With so few women members it’s hard to make generalisations regarding the style and behaviour of the women ‘in the club’, which is why Michele Swers’ painstaking analysis of the influence of gender on policymaking and the informal relationships and codes governing the Senate, makes for such an important and interesting book.

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324 SWE w

Publisher

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press., 2013

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xi, 312p.; 23 cm

Language

English

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9978-0-226-02279-6

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Women
Women - Political activity
Women in politics
Women legislators

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