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_beng
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100 1 _aRickne, Johanna,
_eauthor.
_1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3733-7606
245 1 0 _aFamily matters :
_bhow romantic partners shape politicians' careers /
_cJohanna Rickne, Olle Folke, Moa Frödin Gruneau.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2025.
300 _a1 online resource (59 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge elements. Elements in gender and politics,
_x2753-8117
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Apr 2025).
506 0 _aOpen Access.
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _aThis Element studies how career support from romantic partners affects career patterns and costs in politics. It argues that a lower level of career support from romantic partners leads to a lower likelihood for political promotion among women politicians (the partner support hypothesis), as well as greater stress on women politicians' relationships when they advance (the career stress hypothesis). Both predictions find support in Swedish data for more than 80,000 political careers over a fifty-year period. Women politicians are in relationships that prioritize their male partner's career and where that partner does less unpaid work in the household. This is important in explaining women's career disadvantage. It also explains why promotions double the divorce rate for women but leave men's relationships intact. The analysis sheds light on the role played by romantic partners in gender inequality in politics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
650 0 _aWomen politicians
_xFamily relationships.
650 0 _aWomen
_xPolitical activity.
700 1 _aFolke, Olle,
_eauthor.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2010018586
_1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7670-4424
700 1 _aGruneau, Moa Frödin,
_eauthor.
_1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-0597
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781009500623
830 0 _aCambridge elements.
_pElements in gender and politics,
_x2753-8117.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009437837
999 _c10599
_d10599