Gendered nationalism : the gender gap in support for the Scottish National Party
Johns, Robert and Bennie, Lynn and Mitchell, James (2012) Gendered nationalism : the gender gap in support for the Scottish National Party. Party Politics, 18 (4). pp. 581-601. ISSN 1354-0688 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068810386839)
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Abstract
Recent major surveys of the Scottish electorate and of Scottish National Party (SNP) members have revealed a distinct gender gap in support for the party. Men are markedly more likely than women to vote for the SNP and they comprise more than two-thirds of its membership. In this article, we use data from those surveys to test various possible explanations for the disproportionately male support for the SNP. While popular accounts have focused on the gendered appeal of recent leaders and on the party’s fluctuating efforts at achieving gender equality in its parliamentary representation, we find much stronger support for a different explanation. Women are less inclined to support and to join the SNP because they are markedly less supportive of its central objective of independence for Scotland. Since men and women barely differ in their reported national identities, the origins of this gender gap in support for independence presents a puzzle for further research.
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Item type: Article ID code: 26989 Dates: DateEventJuly 2012Published9 February 2011Published OnlineSubjects: Political Science > Political science (General) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Users 45 not found. Date deposited: 25 Aug 2010 09:01 Last modified: 23 Nov 2024 01:04 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/26989