Sisters in the statehouse : Black women and legislative decision making /

"Theories of descriptive representation that keep identity constant over time and context fail to account for the substantive work of minority women legislators. Sisters in the Statehouse addresses this gap in the literature by utilizing humanistic inquiry to examine the connection between desc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Nadia E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Women > Political activity > United States. African American women > Political activity. African American women politicians. African American women legislators. Women politicians > United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General. Women legislators > United States.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Formative experiences
Black women's representation
Legislation for the prevention of domestic violence
Representation for whom?
Caregiving as a race-gendered issue
Conclusion.