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In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 46, Heft 7-8, S. 1127-1133
ISSN: 1475-6765
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In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 46, Heft 7-8, S. 1127-1133
ISSN: 1475-6765
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 46, Heft 7, S. 1127-1133
ISSN: 0304-4130
In: Swiss political science review, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 243-272
In: Swiss political science review: SPSR = Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft = Revue suisse de science politique, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 243-271
ISSN: 1424-7755
Studying the Swiss national elections 2003, we find a pronounced gender gap in the SVP vote -- women are significantly less likely to vote for this party than are men. In order to explain this gender gap, this article combines two innovative approaches. On the one hand, it links the literature on gender gaps with research on the New Right. On the other, it makes a distinction between the conditional and compositional effects of explanatory factors. Our analysis reveals that conditional effects are of greater relevance than compositional ones. Explanatory factors regularly applied in research on the New Right have a conditional effect inasmuch as they only have an effect on male voters, but cannot explain the behaviour of women. This, in turn, also highlights the importance of a gender-specific focus for further research. Adapted from the source document.
In: Swiss political science review: SPSR = Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft : SZPW = Revue suisse de science politique : RSSP, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 243-271
ISSN: 1662-6370