Male and Female Differences in Elite Political Participation

An Examination of the Effects of Socioeconomic and Familial Variables

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ID10877359
AuthorsLynda Watts Powell (SUNY, Albany), Clifford W Brown (Union College and ROMAN B. HEDGES, SUNY, Albany)
Year1981
Volume34
Issue1
Pages31-45
Publication date1981-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/106591298103400104
OpenAlexW1997166389
LanguageEN
Citations received3

O NN E OF THE MOST consistent cross-national research findings is the underrepresentation of women in political elites. Yet, little scholarship based on survey research exists analyzing this phenomenon. This is due both to the scarcity of women in political elites, and to the difficulties of elite research generally. American scholars interested in this issue have primarily studied political party elites, especially delegates to the national conventions of the two major parties.1 These delegations have contained sufficient numbers of women to analyze, and their members are relatively easy to locate for survey purposes. Our analysis utilizes a different data base. The financial disclosure laws that went into effect in 1972 created the opportunity for a systematic study of contributors of more than $100 to presidential candidates. We have completed a national survey of these contributors; our findings are based upon 1696 respondents of whom 17.5 percent, or 296, are women.2 Sufficient absolute numbers of women as well as men have thus been obtained for

Economics · Elite · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Population · Presidential system · Scarcity · Scholarship · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law

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