How Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Their Intersections Shape Americans’ Issue Priorities

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-05 DOI:10.1080/1554477X.2021.1971506

Melody Crowder-Meyer

引用次数: 4

Abstract

ABSTRACT Gender, race, and ethnicity shape the direction of Americans’ policy preferences. Do these traits also affect which issues Americans prioritize? I use open-ended responses about the most important problems facing the country to identify Americans’ policy priorities. I reveal that gender, ethnorace, and their intersections determine which issues Americans view as most important. Women are more likely than men to prioritize problems related to poverty and caregiving, but the specific issues women prioritize are also shaped by their ethnoracial identities. Many “women’s issues” might more accurately be described as Black, Hispanic, or white women’s issue priorities. Additionally, relative to Black and Hispanic men and women, white men and women are particularly unlikely to prioritize problems related to racism and discord, criminal justice, and immigration. On these issues, ethnorace drives prioritization largely unaffected by gender.

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性别、种族、民族及其交集如何塑造美国人的优先议题

摘要性别、种族和民族决定了美国人政策偏好的方向。这些特征是否也会影响美国人优先考虑哪些问题？我对美国面临的最重要问题采用开放式回答来确定美国人的政策重点。我揭示了性别、种族及其交叉点决定了美国人认为哪些问题最重要。女性比男性更有可能优先考虑与贫困和护理有关的问题，但女性优先考虑的具体问题也受到其种族身份的影响。许多“妇女问题”可以更准确地描述为黑人、西班牙裔或白人妇女问题的优先事项。此外，相对于黑人和西班牙裔男性和女性，白人男性和女性尤其不太可能优先考虑与种族主义和不和、刑事司法和移民有关的问题。在这些问题上，种族驱动的优先顺序在很大程度上不受性别影响。

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Journal of Women Politics & Policy Multiple-

CiteScore

1.80

自引率

9.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.