What is it about?
In Heroines of the Ballot we add a new layer to the literature on the gender gap in politics. We unveil a systematic gender gap whereby women always perceive higher costs of voting than men.
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Why is it important?
The findings in Heroines of the Ballot are important for gender studies and for democratic theories. If women are more likely than men to perceive voting as a costly or cumbersome activity, the principle of political equality is compromised.
Perspectives
The gender gap in the perceived costs of voting that we identify in Heroines of the Ballot is attenuated only by education and widens with the presence of children and political interest. Thus, promoting education may also bring about an improvement in political equality.
Andrés Santana
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
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This page is a summary of: Heroines of the Ballot: The Gender Gap and the Costs of Voting, Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxz037.
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Resources
HEROINES OF THE BALLOT in the SOCIAL POLITICS journal
Link to HEROINES OF THE BALLOT in the SOCIAL POLITICS journal
Spanish short blog post entry in THE CONVERSATION on HEROINES OF THE BALLOT
Discussion of some of the key results of HEROINES OF THE BALLOT
HEROINES OF THE BALLOT in POLITIKON
Discussion, in Spanish, on the relationship between education and the gender gap in the costs of voting
HEROINES OF THE BALLOT in Cadena Ser
Cadena Ser picks up one of the key results of HEROINES OF THE BALLOT
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