Business Computer Systems Design

Dolan, Kathleen

Computers & Technology

Mitchell Pub.

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 for success. Chief among these questions involves the influence of gender stereotypes on the decisions voters make in elections in which women run against men. While previous research has claimed that gender stereotypes undermine women's chances of success, Kathleen Dolan, through an original national survey of over 3000 adults, turns this conventional wisdom on its head. She demonstrates that voters do hold gendered attitudes, both positive and negative, about women candidates, but that these attitudes are not related to the political decisions they make. Instead, in deciding for whom to vote, people are influenced by traditional political forces, like political party and incumbency, regardless of the sex of the candidates. In the end, When Does Gender Matter? shows that women candidates win as often as do men and that partisan concerns trump gender every time.

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

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

Globalyceum’s American Government is a supplemental and optional print version of the essays from Units 1-8 of its digital course platform American Government. It does not include the lectures, problems, compositions, or multimedia materials of the digital course platform. However, it is useful to students who are accustomed to reading longer texts on paper. About the authors: Globalyceum’s American Government has eight texts from leading political scientists, many of whom have won national prizes in the field of American government: Jack Rakove, Anne-Marie Hancock, Melinda Jackson, Dara Strolovitch, Kathleen Dolan, Sean Gailmard, Lawrence Baum, and Paul Pierson.

American Government

Politics & Social Sciences

Hancock, Ange-Marie

Gailmard, Sean

Pierson, Paul

Rakove, Jack

Globalyceum

Baum, Larry

Jackson, Melinda

Strolovitch, Dara

Politics & Government

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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