ABSTRACT
In the introduction, we argued that the interdisciplinary fi eld of political psychology is uniquely positioned to help us understand the various gaps in attitudes and behavior between men and women, as well as how gender shapes political experiences in the U.S. more broadly. This volume fulfi lls this promise by providing syntheses of interdisciplinary research that can serve as a primer to new scholars and interested practitioners, while also laying out cutting-edge future research frontiers for scholars already versed in this research. Through studying a broad range of political outcomes-for example, party identifi cation, activism and participation, attitudes towards policies, political ambition, candidate evaluations, effi cacy, and perceptions of legitimacy-the authors underscored the ways in which political psychologists can contribute both theoretically and methodologically to our understanding of gender politics. To conclude, we discuss the broad implications across chapters.
