Wartime Violence and Post-War Women's Representation
| Autor: | Margit Tavits, Dino Hadzic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Criminology Gender balance Two stages Municipal level 0506 political science Representation (politics) Spanish Civil War Argument Perception Political science 050602 political science & public administration Post war media_common |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Political Science. 51:1024-1039 |
| ISSN: | 1469-2112 0007-1234 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0007123419000619 |
| Popis: | How does wartime violence shape post-war women's representation? Does past violence make women more or less likely to run for office? And if they do run, are they getting elected? This article argues that violence influences women's representation in contrasting ways at these two stages. In wartime, women have more opportunities to gain leadership skills, which likely increases the number of women running for office after the war. However, past violence also increases threat perceptions among voters. This, combined with gender stereotypes about male and female politicians, likely reduces voter support for female candidates. Using pre- and post-war electoral and wartime violence data at the municipal level from Bosnia, the authors present evidence that is consistent with their argument. The results hold across a number of robustness tests, including accounting for post-war demographic gender balance and women's party list placement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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