Public Attitudes and Gender Policy Regimes: Coherence and Stability in Hard Times

Authors

Jing Guo, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Neil Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley

Keywords

Public attitudes, welfare regimes, gender equality, work, family life

Abstract

Drawing upon data from the European Social Survey on public attitudes and social welfare, this paper analyzes the extent to which attitudes toward gender equality in work and family life vary among 13 countries which represent different welfare regimes. The analysis also examines how these attitudes have changed with the onset of the economic recession in 2007. The findings suggest that public attitudes toward gender issues are largely consistent with welfare regimes, and most notably, reveal a clear direction of moving away from traditional views of gender, family and work issues in economic hard times.

Recommended Citation

Guo, Jing and Gilbert, Neil (2012) "Public Attitudes and Gender Policy Regimes: Coherence and Stability in Hard Times," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 39: Iss. 2, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.3671
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol39/iss2/9