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Challenging Gendered Norms : Why Do Women Participate in Political Violence?
Williams, Kristen - 2010
Gendered norms about women's behavior include that of nurturers, caregivers and peacemakers. In fact, in times of intra- and interstate conflict, women often make a conscious choice to work for peace as a form of political activism. Sometimes these actions are driven by feminist goals, defined...
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The Limits of Gendered Leadership : The Public Policy Implications of Female Leadership on Women’s IssuesThe Limits of Gendered Issues
Wittmer, Dana - 2010
Although we know that female representatives are more likely to sponsor women's issue bills, it is unclear whether and how this type of gendered leadership influences the substance of legislation. We seek to address this question by exploring the potential policy ramifications of issue gendering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140455
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Gendering and Political Marginalization, the Case of Women's Left Activism in Israel
Kotef, Hagar - 2010
In this essay I seek to show how gender-based (over-)interpretations of women's political interventions change the meanings of these interventions, enforce political actions, or work counter to them. The essay focuses on two cases of women's left activism in Israel: Checkpoint Watch: an all...
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Gendered Perceptions and Political Candidacies : A Central Barrier to Women's Equality in Electoral Politics
Lawless, Jennifer L. - 2014
Based on the second wave of the Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study, we provide the first thorough analysis of how gender affects women and men's efficacy to run for office. Our findings reveal that, despite comparable credentials, backgrounds, and experiences, accomplished women are...
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Curses and Conditionality : Do Oil and Aid Affect Democratization Differently?
Wright, Joseph - 2011
empirical analysis employs data on transitions to democracy from non-democracy to examine how aid and oil affect democratization …
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Democracy, Development, and Armed Conflict
Hegre, Haavard - 2010
development and democracy. Low-income democracies are at least as conflict-prone as low-income non-democracies, but high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140145
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Voting Power in Multi-Party Democracies : Evidence from a Model of Electoral Targeting for Income, Gender, Age and Education Groups in 15 European Democracies
Idema, Timo - 2010
This paper develops a model of electoral targeting in multi-party systems. Seat-share maximizing parties can use policy transfers to win votes by 1) converting undecided voters, 2) mobilizing loyal supporters, or 3) lowering the turn-out of voters loyal to other parties. The model allows for the...
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Disenchanted Workers, Selective Abstention and the Electoral Defeat of Social Democracy in Germany
Elff, Martin - 2010
The Bundestag elections of 2009 meant a crushing defeat for the German social democrats. Never before had a party faced losses at such a high percentage in post-war Germany. The paper argues that these losses were not incurred at the margin but at the core of the social democrats' traditional...
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Diffusing Liberal Market and Democratic Values : Assessing Turkey's 'Soft Power' in Transforming its Neighborhood
Kirisci, Kemal - 2010
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Democratizing During Hard Times : Germany’s Transition to Democracy in the Wake of the First World War
Peceny, Mark - 2010
distinguishes among cases based on the strength of local pro-democratic forces and of the international commitment to democracy … victorious liberal powers made almost no explicit effort to promote democracy in Germany. Instead, Germany's transition to … democracy in 1918-1919 reflected the weakening of Germany's authoritarian order through defeat in war and the contingent …
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