The Lessons of 1989

The Arab events of 2011 may have some similarities to the wave of popular upheavals against authoritarianism that swept the Soviet bloc starting in 1989, but the differences are much more fundamental.

The Role of the Military

Across the Arab world, militaries have played a key role in determining whether revolts against dictatorship succeed or fail. What factors determine how and why �the guys with guns� line up the way they do?

The Impact of Election Systems

Methods of electing legislatures are fraught with consequences for the shape and quality of democracy, and must balance a number of competing goals. Amid the current political ferment of the Arab world, what kinds of electoral systems are emerging and what will they mean for democratic hopes there?

Is Saudi Arabia Immune?

Saudi Arabia looked for a time in early 2011 as if it too would become swept up in the Arab uprising. Yet it never quite happened--why?

Nigeria Votes : More Openness, More Conflict

Nigeria�s 2011 presidential election offered its citizens the most competitive and transparent contest in decades, but also the bloodiest.

A Vote for Moderate Change

Despite the presidential victory of Ollanta Humala, Peru�s 2011 elections had some continuities with the 2006 contest. The electorate is dividing along regional and socioeconomic rather than partisan lines.

A Surprising Left Turn

In a runoff between candidates with dubious democratic credentials, former antisystem outsider Ollanta Humala defeated Keiko Fujimori by attracting votes from the middle class.

Reluctant India

Though justly vaunted as the world�s largest democracy, India will in all likelihood remain reluctant to take on the mantle of �democracy promoter� for a mix of historical, ideological, and strategic reasons.

Indonesia Finds a New Voice

Since its transition to democracy barely a decade ago, Indonesia has begun projecting its newly democratic values across international borders. So far, however, its efforts have been largely rhetorical.

Turkey’s Dilemmas

Long an �ultrarealist� power, Turkey has over the last decade begun taking human rights and democracy more seriously as aspects of its diplomacy, albeit still in a decidedly selective way.

The Multilateral Dimension

When it comes to backing democracy and human rights in international forums, the behavior of the world�s six most influential rising democracies ranges from sympathetic support to borderline hostility.

Singapore : Authoritarian but Newly Competitive

Singapore has long been known for combining economic development with strict limits on political opposition. But its 2011 parliamentary elections suggest that it is moving toward �competitive authoritarianism.�

Distancing as a Gendered Barrier : Understanding Women Scientists’ Gender P…

Gendered barriers to women�s advancement in STEM disciplines are subtle, often the result of gender practices, gender stereotypes, and gendered occupational cultures. Professional socialization into scientific cultures encourages and rewards gender practices that help to maintain gendered barriers. This article focuses more specifically on how individual women scientists� gender practices poten…

Breadwinning Wives and “Left-Behind” Husbands : Men and Masculinities in …

This article explores an aspect of women�s transnational labor migration that has been understudied in many labor-sending countries: how men experience shifts in the household labor division triggered by women�s migration. In so doing, we shed light on the diverse ways notions of masculinity and gender identities are being reworked and renegotiated in the transnational family. Drawing on qualit…

Women Breaking the Silence : Military Service, Gender, and Antiwar Protest

This paper analyzes how military service can be a source of women�s antiwar voices, using the Israeli case of �Women Breaking the Silence� (WBS). WBS is a collection of testimonies from Israeli women ex-soldiers who have served in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The WBS testimonies change the nature of women�s antiwar protest by offering a new, paradoxical source of symbolic legitimacy fo…

Gender Discrimination at Work : Connecting Gender Stereotypes, Institutional …

Research on gender inequality has posited the importance of gender discrimination for women�s experiences at work. Previous studies have suggested that gender stereotyping and organizational factors may contribute to discrimination. Yet it is not well understood how these elements connect to foster gender discrimination in everyday workplaces. This work contributes to our understanding of these…

Participatory media fandom : A case study of anime fansubbing

Edition

Vol. 33 no. 8, November 2011,pp. 1131-1147

ISBN/ISSN

01634437

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Media Culture & Society

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Women and news : A long and winding road

Feminist news researchers have long argued that in the macho culture of most newsrooms, journalists� daily decisions about what is newsworthy remain firmly based on masculine news values. As such, issues and topics traditionally seen to be particularly relevant to women tend to be pushed to the margins of the news where the implicit assumption is that they are less important than those which in…

Journalism, advocacy and the social construction of consensus

Scholarship examining media coverage of social problems largely examines coverage of contentious issues. In this study, I contribute to our understanding of journalist practices by examining coverage of an issue over which there is a US consensus: female genital cutting (FGC). With an analysis of newspaper coverage supplemented by interviews and primary documents, I find that, in contrast to ex…

Images of liberation? Visual framing, humanitarianism and British press photo…

Although the 2003 Iraq invasion was not wholly framed as a �humanitarian intervention�, the rhetoric of bringing liberation, democratization and human rights to the Iraqi people was widely advanced by the coalition and supporters as a legitimating reason for war. This article assesses the role played by press photography in legitimizing or challenging this crucial framing during the invasion ac…