Gender Gaps in Policy Responsiveness
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134034" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134034 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10659129221136476" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10659129221136476</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10659129221136476" target="_blank" >10.1177/10659129221136476</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Gender Gaps in Policy Responsiveness
Original language description
Gender gaps have been documented in numerous areas of American politics, but one area that has not yet been fully explored is responsiveness, the link between citizen preferences and public policies. Equal responsiveness to the preferences of citizens is a central aspect of democratic representation. This article extends work on income gaps in responsiveness to gender gaps. Specifically, it considers whether women’s preferences are less likely than men’s preferences to be adopted as policy in the US. It uses data on preferences and policy adoptions from 1981 to 2002 created by Gilens. The main finding is a large gender gap in responsiveness. The gap is similar in size to the one between rich and poor, it is particularly large in policies related to the use of force, and it did not narrow over the two decades studied. These results show that inequalities beyond social class deserve significant attention in the study of democratic responsiveness and that aspects of bias against women in politics remain underexplored.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-33896S" target="_blank" >GA21-33896S: Women as Citizens and Politicians in Europe</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Political Research Quarterly
ISSN
1065-9129
e-ISSN
1938-274X
Volume of the periodical
76
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
1340-1356
UT code for WoS article
000882776300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85142081067