Empowering women: the role of emancipative beliefs
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Empowering women : the role of emancipative beliefs. / Alexander, Amy Catherine; Welzel, Christian.
In: European Sociological Review, Vol. 27, No. 3, 06.2011, p. 364-384.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Empowering women
T2 - the role of emancipative beliefs
AU - Alexander, Amy Catherine
AU - Welzel, Christian
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - In cross-national research, few studies analyse the influence of subjective beliefs on women’s empowerment, and when they do, they treat subjective beliefs as an alternative explanation that rivals the influence of objective opportunities, such as the rise of knowledge societies. Under the theory of ‘belief-mediated social change’, we disagree with this approach and hypothesize that subjective beliefs do not rival but ‘mediate’ the influence of objective opportunities on women’s empowerment. Analysing the empowerment of women over various domains, we find that the objective opportunities linked to the rise of knowledge societies advance women’s empowerment, but only insofar as these opportunities engender a subjective belief in women’s empowerment and other emancipative goals. This finding establishes a better understanding of the interplay between objective opportunities and subjective beliefs in advancing women’s empowerment
AB - In cross-national research, few studies analyse the influence of subjective beliefs on women’s empowerment, and when they do, they treat subjective beliefs as an alternative explanation that rivals the influence of objective opportunities, such as the rise of knowledge societies. Under the theory of ‘belief-mediated social change’, we disagree with this approach and hypothesize that subjective beliefs do not rival but ‘mediate’ the influence of objective opportunities on women’s empowerment. Analysing the empowerment of women over various domains, we find that the objective opportunities linked to the rise of knowledge societies advance women’s empowerment, but only insofar as these opportunities engender a subjective belief in women’s empowerment and other emancipative goals. This finding establishes a better understanding of the interplay between objective opportunities and subjective beliefs in advancing women’s empowerment
KW - Politics
KW - Gender and Diversity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79958278230&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/esr/jcq012
DO - 10.1093/esr/jcq012
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 27
SP - 364
EP - 384
JO - European Sociological Review
JF - European Sociological Review
SN - 0266-7215
IS - 3
ER -