Does Gender Representation Matter? Gender, Descriptive and Substantive Representation, and Women-Friendly Districts
Description:
This dissertation considers how district-level demographic factors favorable to women congressional candidates facilitate substantive representation of women's interests. I contribute to the existing research by linking the literature on women candidate emergence and electoral success with that on descriptive and substantive representation. Beyond simply asking whether and how women in Congress represent women's interests, I argue that the demographic characteristics of districts in which women…
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Date:
December 2020
Creator:
Friesenhahn, Amy