1st Edition

Gender and Political Psychology

Edited By Zoe Oxley Copyright 2016
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

This book showcases new work done by gender politics scholars and political psychologists, covering a variety of political psychology topics. These include stereotyping and prejudice, intergroup conflict, social identity, attitude formation, group affinity, group decision-making, anxiety, contextual effects on individual behaviour, and the evolutionary roots of political behaviour. Political... Read more

Introduction: Gender and political psychology Zoe M. Oxley

1. Same blueprint, different bricks: reexamining the sources of the gender gap in political ideology Meghan Condon and Amber Wichowsky

2. Why partisan warriors don’t listen: the gendered dynamics of intergroup anxiety and partisan conflict Patrick R. Miller and Pamela Johnston Conover

3. Americana or Latina? Gender and identity acquisition among Hispanics in the United States Heather Silber Mohamed

4. Untangling the gender gap in symbolic racist attitudes among white Americans Angie Maxwell

5. The unintended effects of political party affirmative action policies on female candidates’ nomination chances Angela L. Bos

6. Who stereotypes female candidates? Identifying individual differences in feminine stereotype reliance Nichole M. Bauer

7. Making the connection? Attitudes about women in politics and voting for women candidates Kathleen Dolan and Timothy Lynch

8. Mothers on the campaign trail: implications of Politicized Motherhood for women in politics Grace Deason, Jill S. Greenlee and Carrie A. Langner

Dialogue: Gender, Group Deliberation, and Authority

9. Why women’s numbers elevate women’s influence, and when they do not: rules, norms, and authority in political discussion Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg and Lauren Mattioli

10. Women’s agency and voice: a commentary on Karpowitz, Mendelberg, and Mattioli Leonie Huddy

11. Empowerment versus backlash: gender quotas and critical mass theory Mona Lena Krook

12. Gendered politics: political psychology at the intersection of the individual and the environment Nicholas J.G. Winter

13. Numbers, rules, norms, and authority . . . but where are the people? Some thoughts on Karpowitz, Mendelberg, and Mattioli Rebecca J. Hannagan

14. How group forces demonstrate the malleability of gendered behaviour Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg and Lauren Mattioli

Biography

Zoe M. Oxley is Professor of Political Science at Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA. Her research interests include women in electoral politics, gender and public opinion, gender stereotyping, and the effects of the media on public opinion. She is the co-author of Public Opinion: Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice (2012).