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The History of Feminism in the Arab World

مجلة الدراسات الاجتماعية, 2023
This paper investigates the history of Arab feminism. It traces how those women came from different parts of Arab world and how they developed their awareness towards women's issues, though they do not call themselves as 'feminists' at the beginning. The
Ahmed Saeed Ahmed Mocbil
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Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser, Thomas Lux, Steffen Mau   +2 more
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Miss(ed) Representation? Gender, Policy Content, and Legislative Success in Australian Private Members' Bills

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
This paper examines the substantive representation of women in Australian legislative institutions by analysing private members' bills introduced at the state and federal levels from 1997 to 2022. While Australia has made considerable progress in gender equality, persistent sexism and misogyny challenge the substantive impact of increasing numbers of ...
Isabella Vacaflores, Elise Stephenson
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The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission Legacy

, 2020
Video documenting the work of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission and the various initiatives and projects that were sponsored during the 2020 centennial, as well as statements from several of the commissioners about their personal experiences ...
United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
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Women as Producers of Global Historical Knowledge

Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
In 1907 the Grand Duchy of Finland of the Russian Empire became the first state in the world to elect women to its national parliament. This paper explores an overlooked part of the process that led to Finnish women attaining full suffrage, which is ...
Juho Korhonen
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Franchises Lost and Gained: Post-Coloniality and the Development of Women’s Rights in Canada

Perspectives on Federalism, 2017
The Canadian constitution is to some extent characterised by its focus on equality, and in particular gender equality. This development of women’s rights in Canada and the greater engagement of women as political actors is often presented as a steady ...
Skeet Charlotte Helen
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Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 7

, 2020
Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the 1913 women's suffrage parade, the first organized protest march in the U ...
United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
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Public Transmission, and Religious Symbolism in the British Women’s Suffrage Movement: The Cases of Emily Wilding Davison’s Funeral and the Pilgrimage of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies

Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
This paper will focus on how the religious symbolism used in the British women’s suffrage movement was integrated, perceived, and received by studying two particular cases: the funeral of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison and the Pilgrimage of the ...
Chloé Clément
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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
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