The evolution of gender as a category of analysis in the study of early modern history reflects significant shifts in historiographical approaches since the 1970s. Initial resistance from traditional historians to the incorporation of women’s history has transformed into broader inquiries into gender, characterized by the distinction between biological sex and socially constructed gender roles. …
Why was franchise extended to the lower classes and to women? Was it conquered by the excluded groups, threatening that unless they were admitted as citizens they would reach for power by other, revolutionary, means? Or was it voluntarily granted by the incumbent elites? This question is examined statistically, using a new data set covering …
Conquered or Granted? A History of Suffrage Extensions Read More »
This paper gathers a wide range of indicators into distinctive profiles to show how configurations of gender economic inequality are shaped by both welfare state strategies and gender role ideologies. When multiple aspects of gender inequality are assembled together, it becomes evident that all societies exhibit both gender-egalitarian and in-egalitarian features. These tradeoffs can best …
Configurations of gender inequality: the consequences of ideology and public policy Read More »
