When Does Gender Matter? Women Candidates and Gender Stereotypes in American Elections

Name: When Does Gender Matter? Women Candidates and Gender Stereotypes in American Elections
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ISBN: 9780199968282

ISBN-10: 0199968284

ISBN-13: 9780199968282

Edition: 2014

Authors: Kathleen Dolan

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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 of success. Chief among these questions involves the influence of gender stereotypes on the decisions voters make in elections in which women run against men. Previous research documents that voters see women and men as possessing different character traits and different abilities to handle policy issues. These findings, combined with anecdotal evidence of sexist attitudes toward women candidates, raises concerns that women candidates are hampered by their sex and gender considerations. Employing data from an original…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/25/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.21" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English