Becki Scola
Biographic Data
| ID | 214586 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Becki Scola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Becki |
| FAMILY NAME | Scola |
| SIGNATURE | SCOLA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Joseph's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
“You Don’t Want to Feel Poor All the Time”
Through participant observation while grocery shopping, and 37 in-depth interviews with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, we describe the social meanings of SNAP dollars to low-income Philadelphia residents. We make three contributions to the study of food insecurity and SNAP. First, we confirm the literature showing that SNAP covers less than half of a monthly food budget. Second, we apply the “social meaning of money”…
The Politics of Scarcity and Barriers to Effective Anti-Hunger Advocacy in Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the poorest, large city in the United States, with approximately 26% of the population living below the poverty line. Consequently, the city also has some of the highest rates of food insecurity across the nation. To address this need, Philadelphia has a robust anti-hunger community that fills the gap where government programs prove insufficient. Nevertheless, the anti-hunger community has been limited in its ability to effectivel…
Collective Representation as a Mobilizer
Prior research has found that descriptive representation by race, ethnicity, or gender increases political action, but it has paid less attention to how the intersection of these identities influences participation. We extend this literature by assessing the effects on voter turnout of collective descriptive representation in U.S. state legislatures on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and their intersections. We argue that members of histori…
Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States
1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Women of Color's Legislative Service. 2. Geographical Variation, the Gender Gap, and Intersecting Theories of Representation. 3. Mapping the Terrain: Descriptive Representation at the Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity. 4. Geographical Variation at the Intersection. 5. Gender Gaps at the Intersection. 6. Conclusion: Representation at the Intersections
Predicting Presence at the Intersections
Over the past several decades, women's office holding at the state level has grown substantially, but there is still a large range of electoral service across the 50 states. In this article, I revisit the most common explanations provided by the literature in helping us understand this variation and assess whether these explanations can be effectively applied to different racial/ethnic groups of female legislators. Using data from a 20-year time …
Women of Color in State Legislatures
This article investigates the puzzle of women of color's proportionately higher percentage of office holding in state legislatures compared to white women legislators by testing the predictive capacity of variables commonly used to explain percentages of women at the state level. Using an original dataset that includes characteristics for all 50 U.S. states, the results suggest that standard indicators of women's office holding do not work equall…
Finding Intersection
Although the idea of intersectionality has been widely accepted by social, political, and feminist theorists, little work on intersection has made its way into empirical studies within the social sciences. Because of the diversity of the California electorate, the 2003 California recall election provides a unique opportunity to explore differences in vote choice among women and men from different racial groups. In addition, the context of the rec…
Finding Intersection
Although the idea of intersectionality has been widely accepted by social, political, and feminist theorists, little work on intersection has made its way into empirical studies within the social sciences. Because of the diversity of the California electorate, the 2003 California recall election provides a unique opportunity to explore differences in vote choice among women and men from different racial groups. In addition, the context of the rec…
Women of Color in State Legislatures
This article investigates the puzzle of women of color's proportionately higher percentage of office holding in state legislatures compared to white women legislators by testing the predictive capacity of variables commonly used to explain percentages of women at the state level. Using an original dataset that includes characteristics for all 50 U.S. states, the results suggest that standard indicators of women's office holding do not work equall…
Collective Representation as a Mobilizer
Prior research has found that descriptive representation by race, ethnicity, or gender increases political action, but it has paid less attention to how the intersection of these identities influences participation. We extend this literature by assessing the effects on voter turnout of collective descriptive representation in U.S. state legislatures on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and their intersections. We argue that members of histori…
Predicting Presence at the Intersections
Over the past several decades, women's office holding at the state level has grown substantially, but there is still a large range of electoral service across the 50 states. In this article, I revisit the most common explanations provided by the literature in helping us understand this variation and assess whether these explanations can be effectively applied to different racial/ethnic groups of female legislators. Using data from a 20-year time …
The Politics of Scarcity and Barriers to Effective Anti-Hunger Advocacy in Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the poorest, large city in the United States, with approximately 26% of the population living below the poverty line. Consequently, the city also has some of the highest rates of food insecurity across the nation. To address this need, Philadelphia has a robust anti-hunger community that fills the gap where government programs prove insufficient. Nevertheless, the anti-hunger community has been limited in its ability to effectivel…
Women of Color in State Legislatures
This article investigates the puzzle of women of color's proportionately higher percentage of office holding in state legislatures compared to white women legislators by testing the predictive capacity of variables commonly used to explain percentages of women at the state level. Using an original dataset that includes characteristics for all 50 U.S. states, the results suggest that standard indicators of women's office holding do not work equall…
Finding Intersection
Although the idea of intersectionality has been widely accepted by social, political, and feminist theorists, little work on intersection has made its way into empirical studies within the social sciences. Because of the diversity of the California electorate, the 2003 California recall election provides a unique opportunity to explore differences in vote choice among women and men from different racial groups. In addition, the context of the rec…
Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States
1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Women of Color's Legislative Service. 2. Geographical Variation, the Gender Gap, and Intersecting Theories of Representation. 3. Mapping the Terrain: Descriptive Representation at the Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity. 4. Geographical Variation at the Intersection. 5. Gender Gaps at the Intersection. 6. Conclusion: Representation at the Intersections
Predicting Presence at the Intersections
Over the past several decades, women's office holding at the state level has grown substantially, but there is still a large range of electoral service across the 50 states. In this article, I revisit the most common explanations provided by the literature in helping us understand this variation and assess whether these explanations can be effectively applied to different racial/ethnic groups of female legislators. Using data from a 20-year time …
Collective Representation as a Mobilizer
Prior research has found that descriptive representation by race, ethnicity, or gender increases political action, but it has paid less attention to how the intersection of these identities influences participation. We extend this literature by assessing the effects on voter turnout of collective descriptive representation in U.S. state legislatures on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and their intersections. We argue that members of histori…
The Politics of Scarcity and Barriers to Effective Anti-Hunger Advocacy in Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the poorest, large city in the United States, with approximately 26% of the population living below the poverty line. Consequently, the city also has some of the highest rates of food insecurity across the nation. To address this need, Philadelphia has a robust anti-hunger community that fills the gap where government programs prove insufficient. Nevertheless, the anti-hunger community has been limited in its ability to effectivel…
“You Don’t Want to Feel Poor All the Time”
Through participant observation while grocery shopping, and 37 in-depth interviews with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, we describe the social meanings of SNAP dollars to low-income Philadelphia residents. We make three contributions to the study of food insecurity and SNAP. First, we confirm the literature showing that SNAP covers less than half of a monthly food budget. Second, we apply the “social meaning of money”…
Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)