Title The Image of Gender and Political Leadership A Multinational View of Women and Leadership

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (305 p.) Contents Cover -- The Image of Gender and Political Leadership -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- PART I: Mental Templates of Leaders and Designing an Experiment to Study Templates -- 1. Mental Templates of Leaders -- 2. Research Protocol -- PART II: Findings in Individual Cases -- 3. Costa Rica-​Where Urban Young People View Women as Leaders -- 4. The Masculine Template in Perceived Competence of Women in Israeli Politics -- 5. Attitudes Toward Women in Government: Evidence from an Experiment in Canada's Alberta and Quebec Provinces 6. Young Adults' Attitudes to Women Candidates in Uruguay: No Obstacle to Change -- 7. England: Young People View Women as Leaders -- 8. Party over Gender: Young Adults' Evaluations of Political Leaders in California and Texas -- 9. A Generation Without Political Gender Biases?: The Case of Sweden -- 10. Chile's Shift to the Left and the Rise of Women -- PART III: Cross-​National Findings and Conclusions -- 11. Meta-​Analysis Assessment of Candidate Gender as an Attribute of Young Adult Leadership Templates -- 12. Do Women Fit the Leadership Image? Yes! -- References -- Index Summary In The Image of Gender and Political Leadership, Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson and Nehemia Geva bring together on-site experiments conducted in countries around the world to compare the ways in which young people view gender and leadership. Together, the chapters in this book present findings from over 6,000 young adult students of highly diverse socio-economic backgrounds in eight countries: Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Israel, Sweden, the United States, and Uruguay. Overall, the book finds little evidence of traditional gender stereotypes that would limit young people's support for wome Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Women political candidates -- Cross-cultural studies Women political candidates -- Case studies Political leadership -- Cross-cultural studies Political leadership -- Case studies Young adults -- Political activity -- Cross-cultural studies Young adults -- Political activity -- Case studies Young adults -- Attitudes -- Cross-cultural studies Young adults -- Attitudes -- Case studies Political leadership Women political candidates Young adults -- Attitudes Young adults -- Political activity Genre/Form Case studies Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book Author Geva, Nehemia ISBN 0197642748 9780197642740

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