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Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States: Representation at the Intersections
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Focusing on explaining how contextual-institutional factors matter differently for the office-holding of white women and women of color in state legislators, Becki Scolas book breaks new ground for research on women and politics using the intersectionality approach. Her finding of a positive relationship between percent minority and the gender gap among legislators of color in a state will attract the attention of scholars on race, ethnicity, and politics, too.

Pei-te Lien, University of California Santa Barbara

In providing a racial analysis of the gender gap in state legislatures, Scola tackles a key question in the emerging field of intersectionality research: Although women of color are still very underprepresented in proportion to their share of the population, why do they serve as state legislators at higher rates than their white female counterparts when considered as a proportion of their respective ethnoracial groups? This book not only provides a state-by-state portrait of the geographical variation in women of color state legislative office holding, but it also delineates the state environments that are more favorable for women generally, white women and women of color in particular. This book is an important resource for scholars and students of political science and ethnic/racial studies, especially those interested in understanding the racial and ethnic dynamics of womens representation in state legislatures.

Carol Hardy-Fanta, University of Massachusetts Boston

Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States

Over the last several decades, the number of women elected to higher office in the United States has grown substantially. However, when the electoral gains of women are considered on a state-by-state basis, there are observable variations in the rate by state at which women are elected to state legislative office. Scholars have noted an additional variation in women office holders: that women of color serve at higher rates than do white women.

Becki Scolas book provides an explanation for these two interrelated puzzles on electoral gender gaps. She examines the factors surrounding the uneven proportional distribution of female legislators and then explores why gender appears to be an advantage for women of color office holders. Through an examination of the divergent state-level institutional and environmental conditions, Scola maps out the factors that contribute to more, or less, female legislative service and how race/ethnicity intersects with these conditions. She reveals that the common conceptions and theories that help us understand womens office holding in general do not equally apply to both white women and women of colors legislative service.

The first book-length study to analyze how race informs gender in terms of patterns of office holding, Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States provides insight into both underrepresentation in general as well as the underlying dynamics of representation within specific groups of women.

Becki Scola is an Assistant Professor at Saint Josephs University. Her research interests include American institutions, gender politics, race/ethnic politics, and social justice policy. She has published in State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, and Politics & Gender, and she is currently completing a project that examines antihunger advocacy at the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity in Philadelphia, as well as a study that examines womens path to office in Pennsylvania.

Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

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2	Religion, Race, and Barack Obamas New Democratic Pluralism Gastn Espinosa
3	Direct Democracy in the United States Petitioners as a Reflection of Society Edited by Shauna Reilly and Ryan M. Yonk
4	American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama Stephen Brooks
5	An Empire of Ideals The Chimeric Imagination of Ronald Reagan Justin D. Garrison
6	Resisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Age of Obama Suddenly, All the Truth Was Coming Out David A.J. Richards
7	Interfaith Advocacy The Role of Religious Coalitions in the Political Process Katherine E. Knutson
8	Social Contract Theory in American Jurisprudence Too Much Liberty and Too Much Authority Thomas R. Pope
9	Voting and Migration Patterns in the U.S. George Hawley
10	Democracy, Intelligent Design, and Evolution Science for Citizenship Susan P. Liebell
11	Inventive Politicians and Ethnic Ascent in American Politics The Uphill Elections of Italians and Mexicans to the U.S. Congress Miriam Jimnez
12	Competitive Elections and Democracy in America The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Heather K. Evans
13	Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States Representation at the Intersections Becki Scola

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Scola, Becki.

Gender, race, and office holding in the United States : representation at the intersections / by Becki Scola.

pages cm. (Routledge research in American politics and governance ; 13)

1. Women legislatorsUnited StatesStates. 2. Minority legislatorsUnited StatesStates. 3. Legislative bodiesUnited StatesStates. 4. Representative government and representationUnited StatesStates. 5. WomenPolitical activityUnited StatesStates. 6. Political cultureUnited StatesStates. I. Title.

HQ1391.U5S36 2013

320.082dc23

2013030569

ISBN: 978-0-415-85434-4 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-74408-6 (ebk)

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To Madalyn, Devon, and Julian for all of their patience, understanding, and unconditional love and support.

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This project would not have been possible without much-needed financial support from the University of California, Irvines Department of Political Science and the School of Social Sciences, as well as St. Josephs Universitys Office of the Provost. I extend my appreciation to these institutions for their generosity with summer research grants and funding.

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