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Paxton, Pamela., Painter, Matthew. and Hughes, Melanie. "Year of the Woman, Decade of the Man: Trajectories of Growth in Women's Statehouse Representation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2010-03-12 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p241184_index.html>

Paxton, P. M., Painter, M. A. and Hughes, M. M. , 2008-07-31 "Year of the Woman, Decade of the Man: Trajectories of Growth in Women's Statehouse Representation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2010-03-12 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p241184_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The expansion of women’s political representation ranks among the most significant trends in American politics of the last 100 years. In this paper, we develop two longitudinal theories to explain patterns of growth and change in women’s state-level representation over time. Gender salience suggests that years in which women’s absence from politics is problematized (e.g., 1992 – the Year of the Woman) will demonstrate higher levels of growth. Political context suggests that periods in which domestic issues are stressed (e.g., the 1990s) will produce higher levels of growth than periods in which international issues are stressed (e.g., post 9/11). Combinations of these two theories create four possible trajectories of growth in women’s representation that may be observed over time. We use latent growth curve models to assess the four theoretical trajectories, using data on women’s statehouse representation from 1982 to 2006. We find that both gender salience and political context matter to growth and change in women’s political power over time.

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