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Outside The Wire: U.S. Military Deployments And Public Opinion In Host States, Michael A. Allen, Michael E. Flynn, Carla Martinez Machain, Andrew Stravers
Outside The Wire: U.S. Military Deployments And Public Opinion In Host States, Michael A. Allen, Michael E. Flynn, Carla Martinez Machain, Andrew Stravers
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
How do citizens within countries hosting U.S. military personnel view that presence? Using new cross-national survey data from 14 countries, we examine how different forms of exposure to a U.S. military presence in a country affect attitudes towards the U.S. military, government, and people. We find that contact with U.S. military personnel or the receipt of economic benefits from the U.S. presence correlates with stronger support for the U.S. presence, people, and government. This study has profound implications for the role that U.S. installations play in affecting the social fabric of host nations, and policy implications for the conduct of …
Conceptualizing And Measuring Patriarchy: The Importance Of Feminist Theory, Lindsay J. Benstead
Conceptualizing And Measuring Patriarchy: The Importance Of Feminist Theory, Lindsay J. Benstead
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Why do we know so little about gender and politics in the Middle East? Most obviously, few women were elected to office in the Arab world until recently, limiting the study of women in formal politics. In Morocco, the first female was elected to the lower house in 1993, while in Saudi Arabia, women first ran for office—in municipal elections—in 2015. Systematic data on politics has also been historically scant, making the study of women’s informal participation, such as voting and civil society activities, also difficult. The Middle East tends to contribute less to comparative politics than have other regions, …