Affiliation:
1. University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, USA
2. Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
Abstract
Policy makers and scholars have shown increased interest in gendered approaches to peacemaking, even as evidence of women’s impact on peace processes has remained unclear. In this paper, we explore the influence of gender diversity among decision-making elites on the outcome of ongoing civil conflicts. Specifically, we argue that increased female representation within the national legislature increases the likelihood that a conflict terminates in a negotiated settlement. However, the impact of legislative female representation on conflict termination is conditioned by the power of the legislature vis-à-vis the executive, suggesting that gender diversity exerts a greater impact in states with more authoritative legislatures. We evaluate our hypotheses using data on the manner of conflict termination and the proportion of women in national legislatures between 1945 and 2009. Our results show support for the central argument, suggesting that increasing female representation within legislative bodies increases the likelihood of war termination via negotiated settlement.
Subject
Sociology and Political Science
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28 articles.
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1. Appendix;Positioning Women in Conflict Studies;2024-09-13
2. Women’s Inclusion and Political Violence;Positioning Women in Conflict Studies;2024-09-13
3. Solving the Concept Stretching Problem;Positioning Women in Conflict Studies;2024-09-13
4. Notes;Positioning Women in Conflict Studies;2024-09-13
5. Conclusion;Positioning Women in Conflict Studies;2024-09-13