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Gender Roles and Party Roles*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Diane L. Fowlkes ,
Jerry Perkins  and
Sue Tolleson Rinehart
Diane L. Fowlkes
Affiliation:
Georgia State University
Jerry Perkins
Affiliation:
Georgia State University
Sue Tolleson Rinehart
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
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Abstract

This article uses discriminant analysis to assess sex and party differences across four aspects of party organization: incentives for participation, party role definitions, party activities and electoral ambition. The results illustrate that gender roles operate most distinctly in the two areas of electoral ambition and party activities. Party context is more important than sex in terms of the other two areas, party role definitions and incentives for participation. The authors conclude that party activists' gender-related behavior can be better understood by discovering how the context of party organization either modifies or reinforces such behavior.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , September 1979 , pp. 772 - 780
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1979

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Footnotes

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The authors are listed alphabetically. We acknowledge the helpful comments of Donald C. Reitzes, W. P. Collins and several anonymous referees. The data collection was supported by a Georgia State University Urban Life Grant to the first two authors.

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