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title: Verifying Evidence of "Congressional Enactments of Race-Gender"
authors: J. Tobin Grant
entrydate: 2007-02-05 14:46:38
keywords: replication, verification, interpretive methodology, qualitative methods, race, gender, Congress
abstract: I report the results of a verification of Hawkesworth's 2003 "Congressional Enactments of Race-Gender" (CERG). This is a landmark analysis of race and gender in the U.S. Congress that is noteworthy for both its theory and its empirical evidence. A deeper look at the evidence and the context raises fundamental questions about the empirical validity of CERG's theory of race-gender in Congress. I conclude that racing-gendering in Congress is more nuanced than originally presented in CERG, and that further research is necessary to demonstrate empirically CERG's theory of Congress as a raced-gendered institution. This verification has important methodology implications, as it demonstrates why verification of empirical research -- including interpretive research -- should be a widely-practiced methodology within political science.
http://polmeth.wustl.edu/retrieve.php?id=687
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