To better understand the dynamics of representation of women's interests such as public
expenditure on healthcare, daycare, and education, this study examines statistical evidence …

Research about women's representation in county governments and whether women's
representation at the local level translates into different policy outcomes has been relatively …

While efforts to criminalize spousal rape began in the 1970s, by 2002 only twenty-three
states had adopted laws that allow for the full prosecution of sexual assault by a spouse. The …

Women's underrepresentation in management is a persistent social problem. We take a new
approach to understanding the lack of managerial gender diversity by investigating how US …

Religious appeals have been part and parcel of campaign strategy for decades. Most often,
however, these appeals to have come from men, but little is known about how women would …

State governments are increasingly expected to help fill the gap between the demand and
supply of affordable housing within the US. Little systematic attention has been paid to state …

Despite a growing body of literature examining the consequences of women's inclusion
among lobbyists, our understanding of the factors that lead to women's initial emergence in …

The announcement of a Health and Human Services (HHS) rule requiring insurance
providers to cover the costs of contraception as part of the Affordable Care Act sparked …

Do the causal determinants of legal change differ for controversial and noncontroversial
laws? Using rape law reforms as an example of legal change, I answer this question via a …

A través del texto se analiza el impacto que ha tenido la emergencia de China en las
relaciones comerciales de América Latina con Estados Unidos. Para ello, se indaga en el …