Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences? We address this question by…
Book abstract: Muslim Secular Democracy: Voices From Within provides an expansive understanding of secularism in the Muslim World by…
We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is aff ected by country characteristics. Using…
The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political…
If the Women’s Reservation Bill becomes law, then 181 out of 543 national legislators and 1370 out the 4109 state legislators will be women…
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female…
While women have the legal right to equal participation in politics in almost every country around the world, they remain vastly…