The developmental theory of the gender gap: Women's and men's voting behavior in global perspective

International Political Science Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-463

  Inglehart, Ronald ^a   Norris, Pippa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral behavior; Feminism; Gender gap; World values surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340743     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512100214007     Document Type: Article

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