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The Variable Gender Basis of Electoral Politics: Gender and Context in the 1992 US Election

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1997

VIRGINIA SAPIRO  and
PAMELA JOHNSTON CONOVER
VIRGINIA SAPIRO
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison
PAMELA JOHNSTON CONOVER
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Abstract

Despite considerable research, the theory of gender difference in electoral behaviour remains underdeveloped, especially in accounting for variation across elections. We focus on two aspects requiring particular attention: (1) accounts of gender difference, especially distinguishing between positional explanations, in which gender differences stem from men and women taking the same considerations into account, but having different positions on those considerations, or structural explanations, in which gender differences stem from men and women taking different considerations into account in making judgements; (2) the effects of electoral context in cuing gender as a consideration, thus stimulating or inhibiting the appearance of gender differences. We use a case study of the 1992 US presidential election, often labelled ‘The Year of the Woman’, to explore these problems.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Political Science , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , October 1997 , pp. 497 - 523
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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