{"product_id":"9781316598160","title":"Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration","description":"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. Although only the majority can secure power via competition, all legislators - particularly those who do not have power - can influence the policy-making process through collaboration. Tiffany D. Barnes argues that as women have limited access to formal and informal political power, they collaborate more than men to influence policy-making. Despite the benefits of collaboration, patterns of collaboration vary among women because different legislative contexts either facilitate or constrain women's collaboration.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119597240560,"sku":"9781316598160","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781316598160_p0.jpg?v=1763707183","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781316598160","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}