dc.contributor.author | Banducci, SA | |
dc.contributor.author | Elder, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Greene, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Stevens, DP | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-23T12:57:10Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-23T14:26:28Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-17T08:53:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | Becoming a parent can affect the lives of men and women by introducing salient new social roles and identities, altered social networks and tighter constraints on financial resources and time. Even though modern family life has evolved in many important respects, parenthood continues to shape the lives of men and women in very different ways. Given that parenthood can change the lives of men and women in profoundly different ways, it seems that it would bring about changes in the way women and men think about politics and policy issues. Using data from the Wave 4 of the European Social Survey, this article investigates how parenthood, and the distinctions of motherhood and fatherhood, influence attitudes. The findings suggest that parenthood can have a polarising effect on attitudes, and that the polarising effect is most evident in countries where there is less support from the state for parental responsibilities. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The work of Banducci and Stevens was supported by the
Economic and Social Research Council [ES/H030883/1] | |
dc.identifier.citation | First published: 11 August 2016 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1475-6765.12160 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/22146 | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_GB |
dc.rights | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record. | |
dc.title | Parenthood and the polarisation of political attitudes in Europe | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1475-6765 | |
dc.description | This is an open access article available via the DOI in this record. | |
dc.identifier.journal | European Journal of Political Research | en_GB |