
Gendered Vulnerability
How Women Work Harder to Stay in Office
The University of Michigan Press
Published on 2. March 2018
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-472-13071-9 (ISBN)
Description
Gendered Vulnerability examines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. These factors combine to convince women that they must work harder to win elections-a phenomenon that Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt term "gendered vulnerability." Since women feel constant pressure to make sure they can win reelection, they devote more of their time and energy to winning their constituents' favor. Lazarus and Steigerwalt examine different facets of legislative behavior, finding that female members do a better job of representing their constituents than male members.
Reviews / Votes
Drawing on an incredible array of evidence, Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt provide impressive new evidence that female legislators are better at their jobs than their male counterparts and important new theoretical reasoning that explains why this difference emerges. This book will be of broad interest to scholars of American politics, particularly those interested in how biases affect incentives and behavior."" - Justin Grimmer, Stanford UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
32 tables, 28 charts, 1 B&W photograph
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-13071-9 (9780472130719)
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Persons
Jeffrey Lazarus is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
Amy Steigerwalt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
Amy Steigerwalt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.