Gendered and Partisan Co-sponsorship Behaviors among State Legislators in the United States.

• In Event: Identities and Representation

Brief Overview

The paper focus on co-sponsorship behaviors of state legislators to understand how gendered and partisanship influence how networks of relationships are formed and how this, by extension, determines the extent of effectiveness of the legislators.

Authors

• Ayodeji Temitope Oyekunle, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

• Omomayowa Olawale Olawale Abati, Stellenbosch University