Insecurity and Support for Female Leadership in Conflict States: Evidence from Afghanistan

IF 4.6 1区 社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE British Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI:10.1017/s000712342300056x
Jasmine Bhatia, Steve L. Monroe
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While women's political inclusion is central to international conflict resolution efforts, public attitudes in conflict states towards women's political inclusion remain understudied. We expect insecurity to depress support for female political leadership in conflicts where women's political inclusion is violently contested. Citizens wanting security through force prefer male leaders because of stereotypes privileging men's military prowess. However, citizens wanting security through reconciliation also favour men for fear that female leadership would provoke more violence. We assess these expectations with experimental and observational data from the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. In the survey experiment, priming respondents to think about insecurity decreases support for female leadership, but only among women. In observational data, insecurity correlates with more polarized attitudes towards women's political representation in some regions and greater support for female leaders in others. Insecurity's impact on public support for female leadership in conflict states may be highly heterogeneous.
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冲突国家的不安全与对女性领导的支持:来自阿富汗的证据
虽然妇女的政治融入是国际冲突解决努力的核心,但冲突国家的公众对妇女政治融入的态度仍未得到充分研究。我们预计,在女性政治融入受到暴力争夺的冲突中,不安全感会抑制对女性政治领导的支持。希望通过武力获得安全的公民更倾向于男性领导人,因为刻板印象认为男性拥有军事才能。然而,希望通过和解获得安全的公民也更倾向于男性,因为他们担心女性领导会引发更多暴力。我们利用前阿富汗伊斯兰共和国的实验数据和观察数据对这些预期进行了评估。在调查实验中,引导受访者思考不安全因素会降低对女性领导力的支持,但仅限于女性。在观察数据中,在某些地区,不安全与对女性政治代表的两极化态度相关,而在另一些地区,不安全与对女性领导人的更大支持相关。在冲突国家,不安全因素对公众支持女性领导力的影响可能具有高度异质性。
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期刊介绍: The British Journal of Political Science is a broadly based journal aiming to cover developments across a wide range of countries and specialisms. Contributions are drawn from all fields of political science (including political theory, political behaviour, public policy and international relations), and articles from scholars in related disciplines (sociology, social psychology, economics and philosophy) appear frequently. With a reputation established over nearly 40 years of publication, the British Journal of Political Science is widely recognised as one of the premier journals in its field.
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