Gender, politics, and the market
Evidence from Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6423596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Viktoria Jansesberger (0000-0002-0126-0889, University of Konstanz), Zoe Lefkofridi (0000-0002-5696-3979, University of Salzburg) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 283-307 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Politics and Gender (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2515-1088 • E-ISSN: 2515-1096 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/25151088y2024d000000069 |
| OpenAlex | W4406749494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 72 |
We extend work on political consumerism by examining pre-behavioral stages and including people who have not yet engaged in a politically motivated boycott (opposition) or buycott (support). We analyze the effect of gender on both attitudes and behavior using data from four Finnish National Election Studies (covering 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019). Finland constitutes a rigorous test of the gender gap hypothesis: Scandinavia generally exhibits high rates of political consumerism and gender equality; combined, these conditions make a gender gap in Finland highly unlikely. Our data reveal the opposite, however. In gender-equal Finland, gender is a key predictor of political consumerism, both as attitudes toward future action and as past behavior. Moreover, attitudes toward both variants (buycott/boycott) are systematically gendered: among those who have never practiced political consumerism, men are systematically less likely and women are more likely to view the market as a channel of political expression
Boycott · Consumerism · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Social Issues and Policies · Social Psychology
Politics, products, and markets
Participation and political equality
Boycott or buycott? Understanding political consumerism
Gender and Social Capital
The Civic Culture
Rising Tide
Under Which Conditions Are Consumers Ready to Boycott or Buycott? The Roles of Hedonism and Simplicity
Age Inequalities in Political Representation
Gendered Activism
Food Activism and Citizens’ Democratic Engagements
Women’s representation and gender gaps in political participation
Political participation in European countries
Shifting Inequalities
Same Game, Different Rules? Gender Differences in Political Participation
Examining the Gender Gap in Children’s Attitudes Toward Politics
Explaining Gender Differences in Turnout Using Panel Data Across Elections
Unequal Political Participation in Europe
Gender ideology
Political consumerism and the decline of class politics in Western Europe
A conceptual map of political participation
Word on the Street
Gender inequalities in political participation and political engagement among young people in Europe
Do parliaments underrepresent women’s policy preferences? Exploring gender equality in policy congruence in 21 European democracies
Voting and Protesting
Equal Participation but Separate Paths
Gender, Presidential Elections and Public Policy
Boycotting, Buycotting, and the Psychology of Political Consumerism
Gender Gap and Turnout in the 2003 Federal Elections
Descriptive Representation and the Political Engagement of Women
To Buy or Not to Buy
Conceptualizing Political Consumerism
Citizenship Norms and the Expansion of Political Participation
Inequalities in Non-Institutionalised forms of Political Participation
Conflict Avoidance and Gender Gaps in Political Engagement
Political Virtue and Shopping
Politics in the Supermarket
Political consumerism
The democratic potential of political consumerism
Responding to Voters or Responding to Markets? Political Parties and Public Opinion in an Era of Globalization
Who Demonstrates? Antistate Rebels, Conventional Participants, or Everyone
It’s Not the Left
Perceptions of Electoral Fairness and Voter Turnout
The Politicized Participant
Addressing the Gender Gap
Entering the Arena? Gender and the Decision to Run for Office
The Effect of Information on Voter Turnout
Modern Family? The Gendered Effects of Marriage and Childbearing on Voter Turnout
Education and Political Participation
New Forms of Political Participation
The Gender Gap in Latin America
The Cultural Sources of the Gender Gap in Voter Turnout
What Type of Resources? Household Effects and Female Electoral Participation
Explaining the Reversed Gender Gap in Political Consumerism
Political participation and civic engagement
The UnCivic Culture
Knowing and Caring about Politics
Why no gender gap in electoral participation? A civic duty explanation
Chapel Hill Expert Survey trend file, 1999-2019
The Public Consequences of Private Inequality
Beyond SES
Self-Interest, Social Security, and the Distinctive Participation Patterns of Senior Citizens
Process and Protest
Gender in Politics
Measuring Participation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |