TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shames,Shauna Lani
TI  - What's happened to the gender gap in political activity?: social structure, politics, and participation in the United States 
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in gender and politics,
SN  - 9781009330626 (ebook)
AV  - HQ1236.5.U6 S42 2025
U1  - 320.082 23
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - United States
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Women political candidates
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Sex role
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Mar 2025); Open Access
N2  - This Element considers recent changes to the long-standing pattern in US politics that women are less politically active than men. On one hand, the gender gap in political activity beyond voting has disappeared. On the other, the disparity remains when it comes to political money. What is the explanation? The Element begins with politics - both the long-term increase in women occupying political positions and the way that trends/events like MeToo, the defeat of Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump's performative masculinity made gender salient. It then turns to social structural changes, examining in particular women's relative gains in income and, especially, education. Paying consistent attention to intersectional differences among men and among women, whether based on political party, race, or ethnicity, the authors find the explanation of these trends to be rooted not in politics, but rather in social structure. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009330626
ER  -