Examining the Role of Gender in Educational Policy Formation: The Case of Campus Sexual Assault Legislation, 2007–2017

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Abstract

This paper examines intrastate and interstate influences on the introduction/enactment of legislation regulating how universities respond to sexual assault. The analysis focuses on the influence of sexual assaults at public colleges and universities, representation of women in office, feminist interest group activity, and interstate diffusion dynamics, among other variables.

Authors

• David R. Johnson, Georgia State University

• Liang Zhang, New York University