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Gender Matters: Female Policymakers’ Influence in Industrialized Nations. By Valerie R. O’Regan. Westport, CT: Praeger. 2000. 168p. $49.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2002

Georgia Duerst-Lahti
Affiliation:
Beloit College,,

Abstract

Political globalization makes cross-national comparisons ever more important, especially those that reach widely and over time. Such policy analysis offers potentially practical applica- tions for improved democratic representation. Valerie O'Regan provides such analytic reach in her study about the influence female policymakers have achieved in 22 industri- alized nations. She considers the effects and effectiveness of female legislators and executives in representing women's interests. The central thesis, that gender differences in policy priorities will be reflected in policy outcomes as the number of female policymakers increases, is supported. The second- ary thesis, that (wage) policy comprehensiveness will im- prove, is not.

Type
Book Review
Copyright
2001 by the American Political Science Association

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