Climate Change Protests and Gender: The Influence of Role Incongruence on Support for Social Movements

• In Event: Understanding Attitudes Toward Climate Change

Brief Overview

We employ a survey experiment to examine whether the gender of climate change protest leadership influences public perception of the acceptability of protest tactics and the efficacy of the movement, as well as overall support for climate policies.

Authors

• Katie Shannon Nissen, University of Michigan

• Jessica Kaye Lucas, University of Michigan