Journal article
Women’s Support Shaken: A Study of Women’s Political Trust after Natural Disasters
Politics & gender, Vol.19(3), pp.703-733
09/2023
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X22000289
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Abstract
Abstract Women have unique experiences during natural disasters, including higher risks of death, violence, and socioeconomic decline and an increase in specific reproductive health needs. However, government responses often do not directly address these women-specific needs, which can decrease women’s political trust. I investigate women’s trust in government institutions when natural disasters have recently occurred and argue that because of their unique experiences and typical government responses, women’s political trust will decline when there is a natural disaster more than men’s. I find that when there is a high number of disasters and when a larger percentage of the population is affected by disasters, women’s political trust decreases significantly, especially institutional trust. These findings are distinct from previous studies that cluster different types of political trust and support the idea that women’s experiences in a disaster may influence their relationship with institutions differently than men’s.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Women’s Support Shaken: A Study of Women’s Political Trust after Natural Disasters
- Creators
- Willow Kreutzer - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Politics & gender, Vol.19(3), pp.703-733
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1743923X22000289
- ISSN
- 1743-923X
- eISSN
- 1743-9248
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 09/27/2022
- Date published
- 09/2023
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984358958102771
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