Gender and Political Psychology

<p>This book showcases new work done by gender politics scholars and political psychologists, covering a variety of political psychology topics. These include stereotyping and prejudice, intergroup conflict, social identity, attitude formation, group affinity, group decision-making, anxiety, contextual effects on individual behaviour, and the evolutionary roots of political behaviour. Political psychological insights are applied to address topics of longstanding concern within the field of gender and politics. </p><p>Among the citizenry, gender differences in political ideology, responses to partisan conflict, Hispanic identity formation, and symbolic racism are explored. Other chapters pose the following questions relating to female candidates: What have been the effects of state parties’ gender-inclusive policies? Who is most likely to gender stereotype candidates? Are general attitudes toward women in political office related to vote choice in specific contests? What are the implications of politicized motherhood? Finally, a set of essays engage a variety of themes related to gender, decision-making rules, and authority in small deliberative bodies. This book was originally published as a special issue of <i>Politics, Groups, and Identities.</i></p> <p>Introduction: Gender and political psychology<i> </i>1. Same blueprint, different bricks: reexamining the sources of the gender gap in political ideology<i> </i>2. Why partisan warriors don’t listen: the gendered dynamics of intergroup anxiety and partisan conflict<i> </i>3. Americana or Latina? Gender and identity acquisition among Hispanics in the United States<i> </i>4. Untangling the gender gap in symbolic racist attitudes among white Americans<i> </i>5. The unintended effects of political party affirmative action policies on female candidates’ nomination chances<i> </i>6. Who stereotypes female candidates? Identifying individual differences in feminine stereotype reliance<i> </i>7. Making the connection? Attitudes about women in politics and voting for women candidates<i> </i>8. Mothers on the campaign trail: implications of Politicized Motherhood for women in politics<i> </i><b>Dialogue: Gender, Group Deliberation, and Authority </b>9. Why women’s numbers elevate women’s influence, and when they do not: rules, norms, and authority in political discussion<i> </i>10. Women’s agency and voice: a commentary on Karpowitz, Mendelberg, and Mattioli<i> </i>11. Empowerment versus backlash: gender quotas and critical mass theory<i> </i>12. Gendered politics: political psychology at the intersection of the individual and the environment<i> </i>13. Numbers, rules, norms, and authority . . . but where are the people? Some thoughts on Karpowitz, Mendelberg, and Mattioli<i> </i>14. How group forces demonstrate the malleability of gendered behaviour </p>