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- Title
Gender Gaps in Policy Responsiveness.
- Authors
Kopkin, Nolan; Roberts, Andrew
- Abstract
Gender gaps have been documented in numerous areas of American politics, but one area that has not yet been fully explored is responsiveness, the link between citizen preferences and public policies. Equal responsiveness to the preferences of citizens is a central aspect of democratic representation. This article extends work on income gaps in responsiveness to gender gaps. Specifically, it considers whether women's preferences are less likely than men's preferences to be adopted as policy in the US. It uses data on preferences and policy adoptions from 1981 to 2002 created by Gilens. The main finding is a large gender gap in responsiveness. The gap is similar in size to the one between rich and poor, it is particularly large in policies related to the use of force, and it did not narrow over the two decades studied. These results show that inequalities beyond social class deserve significant attention in the study of democratic responsiveness and that aspects of bias against women in politics remain underexplored.
- Subjects
SEX discrimination; POLITICAL science; SOCIAL classes; DEMOCRACY; WOMEN in politics; REPRESENTATIVE government
- Publication
Political Research Quarterly, 2023, Vol 76, Issue 3, p1340
- ISSN
1065-9129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10659129221136476