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This chapter focuses on the 2013 elections, and examines whether the gender gap in voting found in Western democracies also exists here. A gender gap in voting is a consistent and significant difference between men and women in their voting for a party, a bloc of parties, or a particular candidate. The gender gap in voting is usually smaller than other socio-demographic disparities based on race, socioeconomic status, religiosity, or ethnicity, but it attracts considerable academic and political attention. The gender gaps on the central issues of dispute are larger and more consistent than the gaps in voting and political identification, but in opposite directions By the time of the 2013 elections, when there was already a modern gender gap, the structural factors, such as participation in the labor force or family status, no longer had an impact.
Author(s): Shamir M, Gedalya-Lavy E
Editor(s): Michal Shamir
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: The Elections in Israel 2013
Year: 2015
Pages: 231-255
Print publication date: 30/09/2015
Online publication date: 08/09/2017
Acceptance date: 01/08/2014
Publisher: Routledge
Place Published: New York
URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351295840-13
DOI: 10.4324/9781351295840-13
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781412856096