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Contextual Determinants of Feminist Attitudes: National and Subnational Influences in Western Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Lee Ann Banaszak  and
Eric Plutzer
Lee Ann Banaszak
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
Eric Plutzer
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
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Abstract

We augment the survey-based studies of attitudes toward feminism with comparative, contextual perspectives emphasizing the importance of social structure and culture. In doing so, we are able to assess the relative merits of two very different structural theories. Most researchers implicitly assume a simple linear effect of social context on attitudes. On the other hand, some early works on American conservatism suggest to us that status discontent may be a better explanation. We explicate these two approaches and derive a series of testable hypotheses for each. We then examine the validity of these theories utilizing data from nine European nations.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 87 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 147 - 157
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1993

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