https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0192512100214007
The Developmental Theory of the Gender Gap: Women’s and Men’s Voting Behavior in Global Perspective (2000)
Authors: Ronald Inglehart (Uni of Michigan)& Pippa Norris (Harvard). Imglehart is founder of the World Values Survey — looks quite interesting http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jsp — to look more at!
Ingelart most cited political scientist.
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 cleavages in the electorate have converged, and whether the phenomenon of the modern gender gap, with women more left wing, has become evident elsewhere.
Data carried out in early 80s and mid and early 90s in 60 counties.
Women moving towards left of men throughout advanced industrila societies, but not in postcommunist or developing countries.
Women’s conservatism noted in postwar eras, whilenot being as much of a factor as race, class or religion.
WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS AS IT SEEMS V INTERESTING BUT DONT FEEL LIKE A LONG READING RN
