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Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts

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  • Janet K. Boles
  • Katherine Scheurer

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Objectives. Research on the impact of female legislators has found that in their voting records women in elective office tend to be more liberal and more supportive of issues of concern to women, children, and families than are men, differences that conform to gender stereotypes held by voters. This article examines another well‐established gender stereotype that is not linked to the traditional concerns of women as conventionally defined by scholars: that women in public office will be more supportive of the arts. Method. The 40 votes taken on arts legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1983–2002, are examined using negative binomial regression in a model that includes district and personal characteristics. Results. Democratic Party membership and support, citizen ideology, urban residence, and gender are significant factors in explaining support for public funding for the arts. Female representatives are more likely than their male colleagues to support the arts, a finding that primarily reflects the greater support of Republican women for the arts in comparison with their male counterparts. Conclusion. This study suggests that substantive representation of women by female elected officials may extend to more policy issues than previous research has documented. Research on issues that are recognized as gendered (e.g., arts policy) but are not traditionally defined as women's issues is an area for further exploration.

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  • Janet K. Boles & Katherine Scheurer, 2007. "Beyond Women, Children, and Families: Gender, Representation, and Public Funding for the Arts," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 88(1), pages 39-50, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:88:y:2007:i:1:p:39-50
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00445.x
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    1. Becky Pettit & Paul DiMaggio, 1999. "Public Opinion and Political Vulnerability: Why Has the National Endowment for the Arts Been Such an Attractive Target?," Working Papers 55, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies..
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    3. Becky Pettit & Paul DiMaggio, 1999. "Public Opinion and Political Vulnerability: Why Has the National Endowment for the Arts Been Such an Attractive Target?," Working Papers 55, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies..
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    1. Douglas Noonan, 2007. "Fiscal pressures, institutional context, and constituents: a dynamic model of states’ arts agency appropriations," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 31(4), pages 293-310, December.

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