Kathleen Dolan

When Does Gender Matter? (eBook, ePUB)

Women Candidates and Gender Stereotypes in American Elections

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As the number of women candidates for office in the U.S. increases each election cycle, scholars are confronted with questions about the impact of their sex on their chances for success. Chief among these questions involves the influence of gender stereotypes on the decisions voters make in elections in which women run against men. While previous research has claimed that gender stereotypes undermine women's chances of success, Kathleen Dolan, through an original national survey of over 3000 adults, turns this conventional wisdom on its head. She demonstrates that voters do hold gendered attitudes, both positive and negative, about women candidates, but that these attitudes are not related to the political decisions they make. Instead, in deciding for whom to vote, people are influenced by traditional political forces, like political party and incumbency, regardless of the sex of the candidates. In the end, When Does Gender Matter? shows that women candidates win as often as do men and that partisan concerns trump gender every time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190221751
• Artikelnr.: 41658960

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Dolan is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* List of Figures and Tables
* Chapter 1 - Candidate Sex and Gender Stereotypes in American
Elections
* Chapter 2 - Studying Gender Stereotypes and Women Candidates
* Chapter 3 - Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Support for Women Candidates
* Chapter 4 - Do Stereotypes Shape Evaluations of Candidates?
* Chapter 5 - The Role of Stereotypes in Vote Choice Decisions
* Chapter 6 - Stereotypes in Other Places? Candidate Quality and Issue
Campaigns
* Chapter 7 - The Landscape for Women Candidates
* Appendix A - Candidate Lists
* Appendix B - Variable Construction
* Appendix C - Campaign Ads and Websites
* Appendix D - Survey Instrument
* Appendix E - Additional Vote Choice Analysis
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index