In the Journal of Democracy: Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg on How Autocrats Weaponize Women’s Rights
Authoritarian leaders are taking credit for advances in gender equality in order to turn attention away from persistent nondemocratic practices, such as violations of electoral integrity and human rights, observe Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg in the Journal of Democracy:
“How Autocrats Weaponize Women’s Rights”
Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg
Open Access on ProjectMuse
Why are authoritarian regimes championing gender equality? Modern dictators want to appear progressive, liberal, and democratic, while distracting from their worst abuses.
For the just-released January issue of the Journal of Democracy (available free on ProjectMuse until February 14), featuring essays on the rise of Europe’s far right by Milan Svolik et al., Erik Jones, Bo Rothstein, and Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds, as well as why Putin’s military failed by Zoltan Barany, please visit our ProjectMuse page or our website. You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Best Regards,
The Editors
Journal of Democracy
Post a Reply
Join this Network to Reply