Who is Afraid of the Istanbul Convention?:Explaining Opposition to and Support for Gender Equality

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dc.contributor.authorKrizsán, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorRoggeband, Conny
dc.contributor.authorZeller, Michael C.
dc.contributor.institutionDemocracy Institute
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Gender Studies
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Public Policy
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-04T13:00:05Z
dc.date.available2025-04-04T13:00:05Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-24
dc.description.abstractAcross Europe, contention has emerged over the Istanbul Convention, a treaty combatting violence against women. The Convention has become a main arena for contention over gender and sexual equality. Right-wing forces mobilize nationally—and transnationally—to advocate for traditional values and oppose so-called ‘gender ideology’, while progressive actors resist efforts to curtail women’s rights. Consequently, while many have ratified the Convention, several countries have not. This article asks which causes motive ratification; which causes underlie non-ratification? We present a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) on 40 European states to disentangle the causal complexity of ratification decisions. We identify four pathways for ratification, driven by feminist egalitarian norms, international conditionality, pro-European governments at odds with social opposition, and societies unwilling to mobilize for conservative religious institutions. We unpack these causal patterns in four minimalist case studies. The article reveals causation underlying contention between pro-gender, anti-gender, and state actors, and resultant policy outcomes.eng
dc.identifier.citationKrizsán, A, Roggeband, C & Zeller, M C 2024, 'Who is Afraid of the Istanbul Convention? Explaining Opposition to and Support for Gender Equality', Comparative Political Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241290205
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00104140241290205
dc.identifier.issn0010-4140
dc.identifier.issn1552-3829
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27039
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196816101&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.source.journaltitleComparative Political Studies
dc.subjectanti-gender mobilization
dc.subjectgender equality
dc.subjectgender-based violence
dc.subjectIstanbul convention
dc.subjectprocess tracing
dc.subjectqualitative comparative analysis
dc.subjectSociology and Political Science
dc.subjectSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.subjectSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.titleWho is Afraid of the Istanbul Convention?:Explaining Opposition to and Support for Gender Equalityeng
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