Barbara Palmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Palmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Palmer |
| SIGNATURE | PALMER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5561-3213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 154 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The trail blazers
Historically, very few female candidates have ever won election to the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition, very few third-party candidates have ever won election to the House. With data from 1912 to 2012 on more than 54,000 candidates, we provide an historical overview of third-party activity in general elections to the House and the participation of female candidates. Our analysis shows that third parties have been a consistent presence …
Getting on the Board
Although the overall representation of women in the field of political science has increased gradually over the last several decades, most gains are being achieved at junior levels. When considering the status of women in the profession, it is instructive to incorporate information on the presence of women in editorial positions at top-ranked political science journals. Our 2010 snapshot of women editors in the top 50 journals in the field finds …
The Roll Call Behavior of Men and Women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1937–2008
Our analysis investigates the ideological differences in the voting records of male and female members of the U.S. House of Representatives using a relatively novel natural-experiment research design to account for variations in district-level factors. We ask whether it makes a difference when a woman succeeds a man or a man succeeds a woman in a given congressional district. To answer this question, we created a database consisting of predecesso…
Breaking the political glass ceiling
When Women Run Against Women
Although it is well known that "when women run, they win as often as men," the literature on women and campaigns suggests that we should see significant differences in races involving male and female incumbents. Do female incumbents face the same competitive environment as their male counterparts in elections for the U.S. House of Representatives? Using the existing literature on the role of stereotypes and gender traits in campaigns, we formulat…
Gender, Party and Political Change
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Political Ambition and Women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1916-2000
This analysis demonstrates how political ambition theory can be applied to women who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives: under what conditions do political women manifest discrete, static, and progressive ambition? Our database includes all women elected to the House between 1916 and 2000. In differentiating between discrete and static ambition, we find that among congressional widows, there are measurable differences between those …
Political Science in a Different Voice
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court's Reaction to Its Second Female Member
Research on legislatures and courts has shown that even the addition of small numbers of women can have a substantial effect on policy, particularly with regards to women's rights issues. But what happens once women go beyond token status? Expanding upon O'Connor and Segal's original work (1990) on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the purpose of this analysis is to assess the Supreme Court's treatment of women's rights cases since the appointment of …
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court's reaction to its second female member
Women in the American Judiciary
This article reviews the women and politics literature on gender and the American judiciary. Specifically, it explores what we know about the behavior of women on the bench: Do women judges behave differently than their male counterparts, or do they blend in and conform to existing norms and institutional cultures? The research in this area largely has gone in two directions. First, there appears to be a great deal of consensus in the literature …
The Political Glass Ceiling
Why has the integration of women into elective office, particularly Congress, been so slow? We argue that incumbency and the general lack of competition in American elections serve as a “political glass ceiling,” having a dampening effect on the number of women running in both primary and general U.S. House elections. With data from House elections from 1978-1998, we find that although there have been general upward trends in the number of women …
The political glass ceiling
Women in the American judiciary
To Do Justly
In 1869, the state of Iowa admitted Arabella Mansfield to the Bar, making her the first woman to receive a license to practice law in the United States (Epstein 1993, 49). That same year, Myra Bradwell applied for an attorney's license in the state of Illinois. When the state refused her, she appealed her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied her claim by an eight-to-one vote (Bradwell v. Illinois 83 U.S. 130 [1873]). In his co…
Issue Fluidity and Agenda Setting on the Warren Court
Issue Fluidity and Agenda Setting on the Warren Court
While justices have considerable discretion in the picking and choosing between cases in the creation of their agenda, how much discretion do they exercise in the picking and choosing between the issues that were presented by the parties, or even in developing new issues? Given the Warren Court's reputation for articulating broad rules that went beyond the particular circumstances of an individual case, especially in the area of civil rights and …
Issues, Agendas, and Decision Making on the Supreme Court
In the process of agenda setting, the U.S. Supreme Court is limited to selecting from among only those cases brought before it. Despite this limitation, the justices possess considerable discretion and can reshape the issues in a case as a means of advancing their policy preferences. With data drawn from the Court's opinions, we find that, over the past twenty-five years, the justices have evinced a frequent willingness to expand the issues on th…
Issue Fluidity on the U.S. Supreme Court
In making decisions on the merits, the members of the U.S. Supreme Court are often willing to provide authoritative answers to questions that have not been asked and to disregard issues that the parties have presented. What accounts for these forms of issue fluidity? Analyzing data from the 1988 term of the Court, we find that issue transformation is quite common, occurring in roughly half of the cases on the plenary agenda. We propose models of …
Project B.E.A.M
Robert H. Bradfield, Hilliard A. Brandfield, B. Palmer, L. Jones, J. Wofford, B. Gray, Project B.E.A.M.: An Experiment in Intervention, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Winter, 1975), pp. 34-41
Political Ambition and Women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1916-2000
This analysis demonstrates how political ambition theory can be applied to women who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives: under what conditions do political women manifest discrete, static, and progressive ambition? Our database includes all women elected to the House between 1916 and 2000. In differentiating between discrete and static ambition, we find that among congressional widows, there are measurable differences between those …
When Women Run Against Women
Although it is well known that "when women run, they win as often as men," the literature on women and campaigns suggests that we should see significant differences in races involving male and female incumbents. Do female incumbents face the same competitive environment as their male counterparts in elections for the U.S. House of Representatives? Using the existing literature on the role of stereotypes and gender traits in campaigns, we formulat…
Issue Fluidity on the U.S. Supreme Court
In making decisions on the merits, the members of the U.S. Supreme Court are often willing to provide authoritative answers to questions that have not been asked and to disregard issues that the parties have presented. What accounts for these forms of issue fluidity? Analyzing data from the 1988 term of the Court, we find that issue transformation is quite common, occurring in roughly half of the cases on the plenary agenda. We propose models of …
The Political Glass Ceiling
Why has the integration of women into elective office, particularly Congress, been so slow? We argue that incumbency and the general lack of competition in American elections serve as a “political glass ceiling,” having a dampening effect on the number of women running in both primary and general U.S. House elections. With data from House elections from 1978-1998, we find that although there have been general upward trends in the number of women …
The political glass ceiling
Issues, Agendas, and Decision Making on the Supreme Court
In the process of agenda setting, the U.S. Supreme Court is limited to selecting from among only those cases brought before it. Despite this limitation, the justices possess considerable discretion and can reshape the issues in a case as a means of advancing their policy preferences. With data drawn from the Court's opinions, we find that, over the past twenty-five years, the justices have evinced a frequent willingness to expand the issues on th…
The Roll Call Behavior of Men and Women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1937–2008
Our analysis investigates the ideological differences in the voting records of male and female members of the U.S. House of Representatives using a relatively novel natural-experiment research design to account for variations in district-level factors. We ask whether it makes a difference when a woman succeeds a man or a man succeeds a woman in a given congressional district. To answer this question, we created a database consisting of predecesso…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court's Reaction to Its Second Female Member
Research on legislatures and courts has shown that even the addition of small numbers of women can have a substantial effect on policy, particularly with regards to women's rights issues. But what happens once women go beyond token status? Expanding upon O'Connor and Segal's original work (1990) on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the purpose of this analysis is to assess the Supreme Court's treatment of women's rights cases since the appointment of …
Women in the American Judiciary
This article reviews the women and politics literature on gender and the American judiciary. Specifically, it explores what we know about the behavior of women on the bench: Do women judges behave differently than their male counterparts, or do they blend in and conform to existing norms and institutional cultures? The research in this area largely has gone in two directions. First, there appears to be a great deal of consensus in the literature …
Getting on the Board
Although the overall representation of women in the field of political science has increased gradually over the last several decades, most gains are being achieved at junior levels. When considering the status of women in the profession, it is instructive to incorporate information on the presence of women in editorial positions at top-ranked political science journals. Our 2010 snapshot of women editors in the top 50 journals in the field finds …
To Do Justly
In 1869, the state of Iowa admitted Arabella Mansfield to the Bar, making her the first woman to receive a license to practice law in the United States (Epstein 1993, 49). That same year, Myra Bradwell applied for an attorney's license in the state of Illinois. When the state refused her, she appealed her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied her claim by an eight-to-one vote (Bradwell v. Illinois 83 U.S. 130 [1873]). In his co…
Political Science in a Different Voice
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Women in the American judiciary
Issue Fluidity and Agenda Setting on the Warren Court
While justices have considerable discretion in the picking and choosing between cases in the creation of their agenda, how much discretion do they exercise in the picking and choosing between the issues that were presented by the parties, or even in developing new issues? Given the Warren Court's reputation for articulating broad rules that went beyond the particular circumstances of an individual case, especially in the area of civil rights and …
Project B.E.A.M
Robert H. Bradfield, Hilliard A. Brandfield, B. Palmer, L. Jones, J. Wofford, B. Gray, Project B.E.A.M.: An Experiment in Intervention, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Winter, 1975), pp. 34-41
Issue Fluidity on the U.S. Supreme Court
In making decisions on the merits, the members of the U.S. Supreme Court are often willing to provide authoritative answers to questions that have not been asked and to disregard issues that the parties have presented. What accounts for these forms of issue fluidity? Analyzing data from the 1988 term of the Court, we find that issue transformation is quite common, occurring in roughly half of the cases on the plenary agenda. We propose models of …
Issues, Agendas, and Decision Making on the Supreme Court
In the process of agenda setting, the U.S. Supreme Court is limited to selecting from among only those cases brought before it. Despite this limitation, the justices possess considerable discretion and can reshape the issues in a case as a means of advancing their policy preferences. With data drawn from the Court's opinions, we find that, over the past twenty-five years, the justices have evinced a frequent willingness to expand the issues on th…
Issue Fluidity and Agenda Setting on the Warren Court
Issue Fluidity and Agenda Setting on the Warren Court
While justices have considerable discretion in the picking and choosing between cases in the creation of their agenda, how much discretion do they exercise in the picking and choosing between the issues that were presented by the parties, or even in developing new issues? Given the Warren Court's reputation for articulating broad rules that went beyond the particular circumstances of an individual case, especially in the area of civil rights and …
Women in the American Judiciary
This article reviews the women and politics literature on gender and the American judiciary. Specifically, it explores what we know about the behavior of women on the bench: Do women judges behave differently than their male counterparts, or do they blend in and conform to existing norms and institutional cultures? The research in this area largely has gone in two directions. First, there appears to be a great deal of consensus in the literature …
The Political Glass Ceiling
Why has the integration of women into elective office, particularly Congress, been so slow? We argue that incumbency and the general lack of competition in American elections serve as a “political glass ceiling,” having a dampening effect on the number of women running in both primary and general U.S. House elections. With data from House elections from 1978-1998, we find that although there have been general upward trends in the number of women …
The political glass ceiling
Women in the American judiciary
To Do Justly
In 1869, the state of Iowa admitted Arabella Mansfield to the Bar, making her the first woman to receive a license to practice law in the United States (Epstein 1993, 49). That same year, Myra Bradwell applied for an attorney's license in the state of Illinois. When the state refused her, she appealed her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied her claim by an eight-to-one vote (Bradwell v. Illinois 83 U.S. 130 [1873]). In his co…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court's Reaction to Its Second Female Member
Research on legislatures and courts has shown that even the addition of small numbers of women can have a substantial effect on policy, particularly with regards to women's rights issues. But what happens once women go beyond token status? Expanding upon O'Connor and Segal's original work (1990) on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the purpose of this analysis is to assess the Supreme Court's treatment of women's rights cases since the appointment of …
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court's reaction to its second female member
Political Ambition and Women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1916-2000
This analysis demonstrates how political ambition theory can be applied to women who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives: under what conditions do political women manifest discrete, static, and progressive ambition? Our database includes all women elected to the House between 1916 and 2000. In differentiating between discrete and static ambition, we find that among congressional widows, there are measurable differences between those …
Political Science in a Different Voice
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Gender, Party and Political Change
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
When Women Run Against Women
Although it is well known that "when women run, they win as often as men," the literature on women and campaigns suggests that we should see significant differences in races involving male and female incumbents. Do female incumbents face the same competitive environment as their male counterparts in elections for the U.S. House of Representatives? Using the existing literature on the role of stereotypes and gender traits in campaigns, we formulat…
Breaking the political glass ceiling
The Roll Call Behavior of Men and Women in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1937–2008
Our analysis investigates the ideological differences in the voting records of male and female members of the U.S. House of Representatives using a relatively novel natural-experiment research design to account for variations in district-level factors. We ask whether it makes a difference when a woman succeeds a man or a man succeeds a woman in a given congressional district. To answer this question, we created a database consisting of predecesso…
Getting on the Board
Although the overall representation of women in the field of political science has increased gradually over the last several decades, most gains are being achieved at junior levels. When considering the status of women in the profession, it is instructive to incorporate information on the presence of women in editorial positions at top-ranked political science journals. Our 2010 snapshot of women editors in the top 50 journals in the field finds …
The trail blazers
Historically, very few female candidates have ever won election to the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition, very few third-party candidates have ever won election to the House. With data from 1912 to 2012 on more than 54,000 candidates, we provide an historical overview of third-party activity in general elections to the House and the participation of female candidates. Our analysis shows that third parties have been a consistent presence …
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