Public Preferences, Gender, and Foreign Support for Armed Movements / Çağlayan Başer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Başer, Çağlayan, author.

Series:

Elements in Gender and Politics.

Elements in Gender and Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-state actors (International relations).

Revolutions.

Women and war.

Women revolutionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Public Preferences, Gender, & Foreign Support for Armed Movements

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Female combatants are often central to rebel groups' outreach strategies, yet their impact on foreign support remains unclear. This Element examines how the presence of female fighters shapes international perceptions and support, drawing on original survey experiments in the United States and Tunisia as well as cross-national observational data. The findings demonstrate that foreign audiences are more likely to endorse government sponsorship of rebel groups with female combatants, perceiving them as more gender-equal, democratic, morally legitimate, and as less likely to harm civilians, even when they are agents of political violence. These favorable perceptions, in turn, increase the likelihood that democratic states will offer material support. In addition to establishing gender composition as a factor influencing external support in armed conflicts, this Element contributes to broader debates on the gender equality-peace nexus, humanitarian aid, rebel legitimacy, and gender stereotypes in nontraditional political spheres.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Imprints page

Public Preferences, Gender, and Foreign Support for Armed Movements

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Theoretical Framework

2.1 Why Would Female Militants' Presence Affect Public Support? Processing Information on Militants' Gender

2.2 How Does Female Militants' Presence Shape Foreign Audiences' Opinions? Mechanisms of Support for Female Combatants

3 Foreign Public Opinion toward Female Fighters: Experimental Analysis

3.1 Case Selection

3.2 Survey Experiment Design

3.3 Results

4 Foreign Power Support and Gender-Diverse Insurgencies: Observational Analysis

4.1 Public Opinion, Foreign Policy, and Conflict Support

4.2 Data and Research Design

4.3 Analysis

4.4 Discussion

5 Conclusion

Appendix

A1 Experimental Outcomes

A2 Treatments

A3 Sample Characteristics

References

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-40707-4

1-009-40706-6

OCLC:

1574119654