Exploring the gender gap in support for a woman for president

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-181

  Simon, Stefanie ^a   Hoyt, Crystal L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ROLE; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 57049111426     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2008.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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