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The Image of Gender and Political Leadership (häftad, eng)
There are many theories as to why women remain severely underrepresented in democratic governments. Perhaps voters do not consider women to...
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There are many theories as to why women remain severely underrepresented in democratic governments. Perhaps voters do not consider women to be capable leaders, or maybe party elites obstruct women''s paths to office because they don''t believe that they are electable. But if these attitudes are hurdles standing in the way of women being elected to office, where did they develop?In The Image of Gender and Political Leadership, Michelle M.
Taylor-Robinson and Nehemia Geva bring together parallel experiments conducted in countries around the world to compare the ways in which young adults view gender and leadership. Together, the chapters in this book present findings from on-site experiments conducted with over 6,000 young adult students of highly diverse socio-economic backgrounds in eight countries that have varying levels of experience with women in government: Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Israel, Sweden, the United States, and Uruguay.
Overall, the book finds little evidence of traditional gender stereotypes that would limit young people''s support for women as political leaders. Women candidates are accepted as leaders by the participants, indicating young adults'' approval of women''s ability to hold diverse posts, win votes, and manage stereotypically masculine policy areas.
The book also finds that young adults are very responsive to political party--regardless of gender, they tend to favor candidates from their preferred parties. With an in-depth, cross-national perspective, Taylor-Robinson and Geva provide empirical evidence to dispel myths about what contributes to the low election rates of women, and importantly, investigate logical steps to achieve gender parity.
Taylor-Robinson and Nehemia Geva bring together parallel experiments conducted in countries around the world to compare the ways in which young adults view gender and leadership. Together, the chapters in this book present findings from on-site experiments conducted with over 6,000 young adult students of highly diverse socio-economic backgrounds in eight countries that have varying levels of experience with women in government: Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Israel, Sweden, the United States, and Uruguay.
Overall, the book finds little evidence of traditional gender stereotypes that would limit young people''s support for women as political leaders. Women candidates are accepted as leaders by the participants, indicating young adults'' approval of women''s ability to hold diverse posts, win votes, and manage stereotypically masculine policy areas.
The book also finds that young adults are very responsive to political party--regardless of gender, they tend to favor candidates from their preferred parties. With an in-depth, cross-national perspective, Taylor-Robinson and Geva provide empirical evidence to dispel myths about what contributes to the low election rates of women, and importantly, investigate logical steps to achieve gender parity.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 304 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Oxford University Press Inc |
Utgivningsdatum | 2023-06-28 |
ISBN | 9780197642733 |
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- Häftad, 304, Engelska, Oxford University Press Inc, 2023-06-28, 9780197642733
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