Legacies of political violence are long-term changes in social behavior and attitudes, which
are attributable–at least in part–to historical episodes of political conflict and contention …

Voicing Politics brings together the latest findings from psychology and political science to
reveal how the linguistic peculiarities of different languages can have meaningful …

Does the manner in which a civil war is terminated affect women's political rights
developments? In this article, we develop an analytical framework showing how the context …

The level of women's parliamentary representation often increases after armed conflict, but
do voters in postwar societies actually prefer female electoral candidates? We answer this …

Despite the global expansion in women's access to political leadership in recent decades,
female parliamentarians remain a distinct minority in most national legislatures. Previous …

Does war deepen gender inequalities in politicians' behavior or help erase them? We draw
from the terror management theory developed in psychology to argue that the onset of a …

Do politicians represent the policy preferences of men and women equally post-war?
Gender inclusiveness has particularly high stakes in this context: research shows that it can …

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 …

Research has established links between intrastate conflict and political gains by women
following war, suggesting that changes of a positive nature can emerge from the misery of …

This article studies the effect of the 1998–99 Kosovo war on current political participation,
disaggregating the analysis by the type of conflict experience–namely death or injury to self …