Societal religiosity and the gender gap in political interest, 1990–2014
| Autor: | Damon Mayrl, Juan J. Fernández, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Celia Valiente |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sociology and Political Science Social values 050109 social psychology Social value orientations Política Religiosity Politics Sex Factors Order (exchange) Surveys and Questionnaires 050602 political science & public administration Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences World Values Survey Sociology Quantitative analysis 05 social sciences Gender 0506 political science Religion Dominance (ethology) Variation (linguistics) Political interest Female Religión Sociología Social psychology Social status |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Sociology. 72:252-269 |
| ISSN: | 1468-4446 0007-1315 |
| Popis: | This manuscript examines the structural causes of the gender gap in political interest. In many countries, men are more interested in politics than women. Yet, in others, men and women prove equally interested. We explain this cross-national variation by focusing on the effects of societal religiosity. Since religion sustains the traditional gender order, contexts where societal religiosity is low undermine the taken-for-grantedness of this order, subjecting it to debate. Men then become especially interested in politics to try to reassert their traditional gender dominance, or to compensate for their increasingly uncertain social status. A secular environment thus increases political interest more among men than among women, expanding this gender gap. Using the World and European Values Survey, we estimate three-level regression models and test our religiosity-based approach in 96 countries. The results are consistent with our hypothesis. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Grant Number: RTI2018-098781-B-I00 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Grant Number: CSO2015-70297-R |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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