Since the 1950s, women's lives have changed dramatically in established democracies, but the gender gaps in political interest and subjective political competence have not. This is problematic, as psychological orientations to politics – political interest and subjective political competence – play a key role in democratic functioning. The conventional explanations found in the political science literature suggest that women's enhanced levels of socioeconomic resources, as well as changing gender roles and feminist socialization, should have narrowed and closed these gaps over time. And yet, throughout the post-industrial world, these gaps persist. Why is this the case? This dissertation tests two conventional explanations. The first is pre...
Women’s political participation and representation vary dramatically within and between countries. W...
The relationship between gender and politics has unfolded in the context of male domination. Questio...
Notwithstanding the improvement in gender equality in political power and resources in European demo...
Women hold political beliefs that differ systematically from those of men, a phenomenon scholars cal...
This article explores the role of individual resources, situational factors, and the socialization p...
Women continue to be underrepresented in the world of politics, even though the formal barriers limi...
Research on gender gaps in political participation lacks systematic longitudinal and comparative ana...
Survey evidence suggests that women in many European countries have a lower level of interest in pol...
This study focuses on the issue of participation of women in politics, particularly in the area of g...
WOMEN AND POLITICS, by JANINE MOSSUZ-LAVAU and MARIETTE SINEAU Sociologists demonstrated a long time...
This thesis studies the link between institutions, gender and politics. Three questions are studied:...
Gender differences in political attitudes among whites arise from a variety of sources that may vary...
Gender gaps in political knowledge have been found persistently in the social science literature. Th...
Sociologists demonstrated a long time ago that the relationship between women and politics depended ...
Notwithstanding the improvement in gender equality in political power and resources in European demo...
Women’s political participation and representation vary dramatically within and between countries. W...
The relationship between gender and politics has unfolded in the context of male domination. Questio...
Notwithstanding the improvement in gender equality in political power and resources in European demo...
Women hold political beliefs that differ systematically from those of men, a phenomenon scholars cal...
This article explores the role of individual resources, situational factors, and the socialization p...
Women continue to be underrepresented in the world of politics, even though the formal barriers limi...
Research on gender gaps in political participation lacks systematic longitudinal and comparative ana...
Survey evidence suggests that women in many European countries have a lower level of interest in pol...
This study focuses on the issue of participation of women in politics, particularly in the area of g...
WOMEN AND POLITICS, by JANINE MOSSUZ-LAVAU and MARIETTE SINEAU Sociologists demonstrated a long time...
This thesis studies the link between institutions, gender and politics. Three questions are studied:...
Gender differences in political attitudes among whites arise from a variety of sources that may vary...
Gender gaps in political knowledge have been found persistently in the social science literature. Th...
Sociologists demonstrated a long time ago that the relationship between women and politics depended ...
Notwithstanding the improvement in gender equality in political power and resources in European demo...
Women’s political participation and representation vary dramatically within and between countries. W...
The relationship between gender and politics has unfolded in the context of male domination. Questio...
Notwithstanding the improvement in gender equality in political power and resources in European demo...