Insights into the Intersections of Race and Gender in the Georgia State Legislature

• In Event: Women in Legislatures: Working Twice as Hard for Half the Credit

Brief Overview

Focusing on the mechanisms that make legislators effective, and by relying on a process-based method to legislative politics, I show that only looking to the proactive steps of legislators creates an incomplete picture of substantive representation.

Author

• Hannah E McVeigh, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities