Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective provides a clear, detailed introduction to
women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and …

A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments
in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the …

Although female political representation in the Arab world has nearly doubled in the last
decade, little is known about how voters in the region view female politicians and their …

Public debates depict Arabs as opposed to gender equality because of Islam. However,
there may be substantial numbers of Arab Muslims who do support feminist issues and who …

The adoption of electoral quotas for politically under-represented groups has become a
prominent policy worldwide. An increasing number of states have adopted youth quotas …

What has the Arab Spring meant to women, and women's rights, in the region? Three years
after the mass social protests of January and February 2011, when and where can we …

This article investigates how paired electoral quotas re-distribute parliamentary seats
between majority and minority groups. Focusing on gender and youth quotas, we use the …

Why were some, but not all the Arab mass social protests of 2011 accompanied by relatively
quick and nonviolent outcomes in the direction of regime change, democracy, and social …

Previous public opinion studies argued that in the Arab Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) Muslim citizens support gender equality less than non-Muslims, due to Islamic …

Evidence from democracies shows that making laws more egalitarian can increase
individuals' perceptions that others hold egalitarian views. How do citizens in authoritarian …