States respond to dissent with repressive means to stay in power. However, there are observed variations in how violently this repressive behavior actually is. Drawing on theories using gender inequality as one of the main, but often dismissed, determinants of violence and armed conflict, the thesis hypothesizes that attitudes to gender equality can help explain the variations in state repression. The theoretical argument is grounded in how gender norms characterized by militarized masculinities shape conflict norms since it is related to how ‘others’ in general are treated in society. By employing regression analysis, and testing the relationship between gender equality, operationalized through the Women’s Political Empowerment Index, and ...
What happens when we focus primarily on violence as a central question—either within the gender regi...
A growing body of quantitative research points to a robust relationship between gender inequality an...
An important insight from the feminist literature is that a particular form of inequality— gender in...
States respond to dissent with repressive means to stay in power. However, there are observed variat...
Gender equality is an emerging field in conflict studies, but so far research has mainly focused on ...
Women’s rights are not only acknowledged as fundamental human rights, but have also been linked to m...
Why do women protest? Why do women protest “as women”? Why do some women participate in protests but...
In this article, I examine to what extent gender equality is associated with lower levels of intrast...
We know, most notably through Ted Gurr’s research, that ethnic dis-crimination can lead to ethnopoli...
Why some protests succeed while others fail has been a central question in the mass mobilisation lit...
Despite an increasing interest in questions regarding gender and peace, little is still known about ...
Part I of this Article examines gender violence committed by the State. It does so within the contex...
How do women affect conflict dynamics in different ways than men? I examine how expectations based o...
What happens when we focus primarily on violence as a central question—either within the gender regi...
A large amount of academic literature demonstrated that intrastate conflicts often occur in countrie...
What happens when we focus primarily on violence as a central question—either within the gender regi...
A growing body of quantitative research points to a robust relationship between gender inequality an...
An important insight from the feminist literature is that a particular form of inequality— gender in...
States respond to dissent with repressive means to stay in power. However, there are observed variat...
Gender equality is an emerging field in conflict studies, but so far research has mainly focused on ...
Women’s rights are not only acknowledged as fundamental human rights, but have also been linked to m...
Why do women protest? Why do women protest “as women”? Why do some women participate in protests but...
In this article, I examine to what extent gender equality is associated with lower levels of intrast...
We know, most notably through Ted Gurr’s research, that ethnic dis-crimination can lead to ethnopoli...
Why some protests succeed while others fail has been a central question in the mass mobilisation lit...
Despite an increasing interest in questions regarding gender and peace, little is still known about ...
Part I of this Article examines gender violence committed by the State. It does so within the contex...
How do women affect conflict dynamics in different ways than men? I examine how expectations based o...
What happens when we focus primarily on violence as a central question—either within the gender regi...
A large amount of academic literature demonstrated that intrastate conflicts often occur in countrie...
What happens when we focus primarily on violence as a central question—either within the gender regi...
A growing body of quantitative research points to a robust relationship between gender inequality an...
An important insight from the feminist literature is that a particular form of inequality— gender in...