Gema García-Albacete
Biographic Data
| ID | 4261295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gema García-Albacete |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gema |
| FAMILY NAME | García-Albacete |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA-ALBACETE G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The gender gap in political efficacy
The gender gap in political self-efficacy originates early in life and is among the most persistent inequalities in political attitudes across Western democracies. The difficulties in accessing data for early adolescents have resulted in limited research available to provide an understanding on how gender differences in political self-efficacy are developed. In this article we provide unique evidence on the development of the efficacy gap during …
Is It Simply Gender? Content, Format, and Time in Political Knowledge Measures
Theories of democracy commonly assume that citizens must have a certain degree of information and factual knowledge to be able to understand the functioning of institutions, the performance of the incumbent government, and the actions of the main political actors. Political knowledge helps people to better assess their interest as individuals and as members of groups (Delli Carpini and Keeter 1996). Moreover, governments have more incentives to b…
The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge
This article analyzes the extent to which the format and the "Do not know" (DK) protocol of political knowledge questions influence the size of the gender gap. By using a set of experiments that manipulated the DK protocol and the format (open vs. closed ended) of political knowledge questions in a face-to-face representative survey of the Spanish population, we show that the format of the questions (open vs. closed ended) is not relevant in expl…
Young People’s Political Participation in Western Europe
Are young people today politically 'apathetic'? Or are they democratically 'mature' citizens? This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people's political participatio
Is It Simply Gender? Content, Format, and Time in Political Knowledge Measures
Theories of democracy commonly assume that citizens must have a certain degree of information and factual knowledge to be able to understand the functioning of institutions, the performance of the incumbent government, and the actions of the main political actors. Political knowledge helps people to better assess their interest as individuals and as members of groups (Delli Carpini and Keeter 1996). Moreover, governments have more incentives to b…
The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge
This article analyzes the extent to which the format and the "Do not know" (DK) protocol of political knowledge questions influence the size of the gender gap. By using a set of experiments that manipulated the DK protocol and the format (open vs. closed ended) of political knowledge questions in a face-to-face representative survey of the Spanish population, we show that the format of the questions (open vs. closed ended) is not relevant in expl…
Young People’s Political Participation in Western Europe
Are young people today politically 'apathetic'? Or are they democratically 'mature' citizens? This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people's political participatio
The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge
This article analyzes the extent to which the format and the "Do not know" (DK) protocol of political knowledge questions influence the size of the gender gap. By using a set of experiments that manipulated the DK protocol and the format (open vs. closed ended) of political knowledge questions in a face-to-face representative survey of the Spanish population, we show that the format of the questions (open vs. closed ended) is not relevant in expl…
Is It Simply Gender? Content, Format, and Time in Political Knowledge Measures
Theories of democracy commonly assume that citizens must have a certain degree of information and factual knowledge to be able to understand the functioning of institutions, the performance of the incumbent government, and the actions of the main political actors. Political knowledge helps people to better assess their interest as individuals and as members of groups (Delli Carpini and Keeter 1996). Moreover, governments have more incentives to b…
The gender gap in political efficacy
The gender gap in political self-efficacy originates early in life and is among the most persistent inequalities in political attitudes across Western democracies. The difficulties in accessing data for early adolescents have resulted in limited research available to provide an understanding on how gender differences in political self-efficacy are developed. In this article we provide unique evidence on the development of the efficacy gap during …
Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American political science (1 work)