Contagious Representation: Women’s Political Representation in Democracies around the World

Acknowledgments

>> ix Acknowledgments The authors owe a debt of gratitude to the many individuals who made this project possible. Jan Box-Steffensmeier kindly answered many methods questions. Laron Williams gave us critical advice on several of our statistical models. Melinda Adams gave us excellent feedback on earlier versions of our study. Both Lauren Bell and David Williams provided feedback on the initial proposal. Dennis Patterson and the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University kindly provided us with the resources to make this book possible. Justin Carter compiled the index and ably proofread the final manuscript. Portions of this project were presented at several conferences over the years, and we benefited enormously from the questions and critiques of the discussants, panel participants, and audience members at those conferences. A special thank-you should be given to our editor, Ilene Kalish, and to her assistant, Aiden Amos, for their belief in and assistance with this work. Frank would like to think his wife, Kim, who patiently put up with the peaks and valleys of the writing process. He would also like to thank Robert Moser, who several years ago suggested exploring gender research. Frank thanks Margie not only for suggesting the idea that led to this book but for putting up with his wild musings and typos. Frank also would like to thank many colleagues in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University who provided help and assistance during the writing of the book and who created a helpful, scholarly atmosphere that made writing this book much easier. Margie would like to thank her husband, Kevin Scott, for providing countless hours of support while this project was under way. She would also like to thank her son, Jack, for waiting until the manuscript was drafted to arrive. Margie would like to thank Lauren Bowen for getting her interested in gender politics. Larry Baum and Kira Sanbonmatsu provided incredibly helpful advice about the book-writing process. The Federal Judicial Center has been very supportive of her research efforts both within and outside the Center. Finally, Margie would like to thank Frank for not laughing at her when she approached him with the idea of studying the influence of x << Acknowledgments contagion on representation or for when she suggested they turn their study into a book. The authors received enormous support and help from numerous friends and colleagues during this process. Of course, any errors and omissions are the fault of the authors themselves. Contagious Representation This page intentionally left blank ...