Numerous studies have examined the roll call voting behavior of women in Congress. Much of this scholarship has focused … voting behavior of US Senators and US House members on a scale that allows for comparisons across each chamber this study … analyzes the voting records of Female Senators, Male Senators, Female House Members and Male House Members in the 109th-111th …

empirical analysis employs data on transitions to democracy from non-democracy to examine how aid and oil affect democratization …

development and democracy. Low-income democracies are at least as conflict-prone as low-income non-democracies, but high …

loyal to other parties. The model allows for the empirical estimation of a measure of voting power, which is the expected … 1989 and 2004, the voting power of different income, education, gender, age and religious groups are calculated with …

distinguishes among cases based on the strength of local pro-democratic forces and of the international commitment to democracy … victorious liberal powers made almost no explicit effort to promote democracy in Germany. Instead, Germany's transition to … democracy in 1918-1919 reflected the weakening of Germany's authoritarian order through defeat in war and the contingent …

a democracy and explore the theme of “reciprocal responsibility” between leaders and citizens …