WOMEN AND POLITICS: A RE-APPRAISAL

In: Political studies, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 210-221

Abstract

THE AUTHOR REVIEWS COMMONLY HELD BELIEFS ABOUT THE POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF WOMEN: THAT THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO VOTE THAN MEN, THAT THEY ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN POLITICAL ORIENTATION, ETC. SUCH VIEWS ARE EVALUATED FIRST WITH REFERENCE TO CLASSIC WORKS WHICH HAVE SUPPORTED THEM, AND THEN IN LIGHT OF MORE RECENT RESEARCH FINDINGS.