Gender and Fiscal Gridlock in the American States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6409809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Melusky (0000-0002-9871-476X, Old Dominion University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 249-277 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1554477x.2019.1663097 |
| OpenAlex | W2982222496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 64 |
Prior research, polling, and accounts from female politicians themselves suggest that with greater representation by women comes a less confrontational leadership style with a greater willingness to reach bipartisan compromise. If women are more willing to work across party lines and compromise than their male counterparts, a state’s budget process should benefit from greater representation of women in the state legislature. This article examines all budget enactments in the American states from 1993 to 2006, focusing on both the occurrence and duration of budget failures (impasses), specifically examining if greater representation by women reduces gridlock and ensures the timely passage of a budget. While the findings offer some support that increasing female representation, in particular in the political minority, makes a government more collaborative only after it fails to pass its budget, the impact of gender ultimately is considerably nuanced depending both on polarization and distinct differences by legislative chamber
Compromise · Divided government · Economics · Government (linguistics · Gridlock · Legislature · Polarization (electrochemistry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polling · Representation (politics · State (computer science · Computer Science · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |