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Auteur(s) : Caughell, Leslie A.
Titre(s) : The political battle of the sexes [Texte imprimé] : exploring the sources of gender gaps in policy preferences / Leslie A. Caughell
Publication : Lanham : Lexington books, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VII-159 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : The gender divide in American politics ; Theorizing gender gaps ; Gender gaps in
American public opinion, 1948 through 2008 ; Women at war ; Women and domestic policy
preferences ; Gender gaps moving forward.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p.141-152 and index
Sex remains one of the most salient demographic dividing points in American politics
today. President Obama has women, particularly unmarried women, to thank for his re-election
victory. The gender difference in voter support for the Democratic and Republican
presidential candidates grew from twelve points in 2008 to eighteen points in 2012.
This gender gap in candidate preference likely emerges because of gender gaps in policy
preferences. Yet despite much scholarly and popular interest in this topic, the cause
or causes of gender gaps in policy preference remain unclear. The Political Battle
of the Sexes: Exploring the Sources of Gender Gaps in Policy Preferences examines
gender gaps in policy preferences in the United States, outlines their form, and explores
their causes. This work makes four contributions to the literature on gender gaps.
First, it provides the first comprehensive look at gender gaps across time and various
issue areas completed since the 1980s. Second, it provides a theoretical framework
for explaining the causes of gender gap emergence that incorporates both nature (biology)
and nurture (socialization) and provides the basis with which to predict the attitudes
on which gender gaps will likely emerge. Third, it explores the causes of gender gaps
in foreign and social policy, two of the policy domains where gender gaps continue
to increase. Finally, it introduces a new way of conceptualizing biology based on
emerging research in the hard sciences. Studying gender gaps remains difficult. Women
comprise a very diverse group, and are divided by far more factors than the sex categorization
that unites them. However, electoral realities demand that scholars studying political
behavior pay attention to sex based differences in political preferences. Women exhibit
consistent preference tendencies relative to men, and women remain more likely to
show up on Election Day than men. As such, gender gaps have substantial political
and practical implications for women in the United States. And while explaining their
causes requires drawing from a wide array of fields, ranging from biology to economics,
understanding the origins and consequences of gender gaps does much to further empirical
research in public opinion and mass behavior. -- Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Participation politique -- Différences entre sexes -- États-Unis -- 1945-....
Socialisation politique -- Différences entre sexes -- États-Unis -- 1945-....
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis
Indice(s) Dewey :
320.609 73 (23e éd.) = Élaboration des politiques - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781498526500 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1498526500 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9781498526517 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45256498n
Notice n° :
FRBNF45256498
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