Power Redux: Intersectionality, Resistance, and Minority women legislators

Posted: 14 Nov 2018

See all articles by Guillermo Caballero

Guillermo Caballero

Purdue University - Department of Political Science

Nadia Brown

Purdue University; Purdue University - Department of Political Science & African American Studies Program

Date Written: November 13, 2018

Abstract

We advance the conversation of power and influence in political science by arguing that the current assumptions in the conceptualization of power limit how scholars understand the ways that women of color legislators create influence. We develop the theory of intersectional resistance by centering the analysis of the experiences of women of color legislators to explain how they create power to influence their legislative institutions. We explore our theory by using current gubernatorial candidate and former Minority Leader of the Georgia State legislature Stacey Abrams as a case study by collecting speeches, bills, and newspapers triangulating Abrams narrative to explain how she demonstrates intersectional resistance.

Keywords: Power, Intersectionality, Resistance, Minority women legislators

Suggested Citation

Caballero, Guillermo and Brown, Nadia and Brown, Nadia, Power Redux: Intersectionality, Resistance, and Minority women legislators (November 13, 2018). 2019 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3284043

Guillermo Caballero (Contact Author)

Purdue University - Department of Political Science ( email )

West Lafayette, IN
United States

Nadia Brown

Purdue University - Department of Political Science & African American Studies Program ( email )

West Lafayette, IN
United States

Purdue University ( email )

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United States
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