The developmental theory of the gender gap: Women's and men's voting behavior in global perspective
The developmental theory of the gender gap: Women's and men's voting behavior in global perspective
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DOI：
10.1177/0192512100214007
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发表时间：
2000-10-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Norris, P
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作者：
Inglehart, R;Norris, P
过去几十年在许多国家进行的研究发现，女性比男性更保守，参与政治的可能性更小。在这里，我们考察了这种传统的性别差距是否在今天仍然存在，或者选民中的性别悬崖是否已经汇聚，以及现代性别差距的现象是否在其他地方变得明显，女性更倾向于左翼。这篇文章引用了20世纪80年代初以及90年代初和90年代中期在全球60多个国家进行的世界价值观调查的证据。这项研究确立了选举行为中的性别差异已经重新调整，在发达的工业社会(尽管不是在后共产主义社会或发展中国家)，女性向男性的左侧移动，并探索了这种发展的原因，包括结构和文化因素的作用。结论考虑了这些发现的政治含义。
Studies carried out in many countries in previous decades found that women were more conservative than men and less likely to participate in politics. Here, it is examined whether this traditional gender gap persists today, or whether gender clevages in the electorate have converged, and whether the phenomenon of the modern gender gap, with women more left wing, has become evident elsewhere. The article draws on evidence from the World Values Surveys in the early 1980s, and the early and mid-1990s carried out in over sixty countries around the world. This study establishes that gender differences in electoral behavior have been realigning, with women moving toward the left of men throughout advanced industrial societies (though not in postcommunist societies or developing countries) and explores the reasons for this development, including the role of structural and cultural factors. The conclusion considers the political implications of the findings.