Gendered Concessions: Mass Mobilization and Women's Inclusion in Authoritarian Regimes

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Brief Overview

Authoritarian regimes may increase women’s political inclusion during mass unrest as a symbolic concession—signaling reform without threatening elite power. This “gendered legitimation” helps regimes survive while deflecting real structural change.

Author

• Shakiba Bakhtiari, University of Wisconsin–Madison