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

Lee Ann Banaszak and Eric Plutzer

American Political Science Review, 1993, vol. 87, issue 1, 147-157

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.

Date: 1993
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