Honor and Political Violence: Micro-level findings from a Survey in Thailand

↓ Direkt till sidans innehåll
↓ Direkt till sidans sekundära innehåll (sidomenyn)

Search: onr:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:uu-321190" > Honor and Political...

1 of 1
Previous record
Next record
To hitlist

Details
MARC

Bjarnegård, Elin,1976-Uppsala universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen (author)

Honor and Political Violence : Micro-level findings from a Survey in Thailand

Article/chapterEnglish2017

Publisher, publication year, extent ...

2017-10-18
SAGE Publications,2017
electronicrdacarrier

Numbers

LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:uu-321190
https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-321190URI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343317711241DOI

Supplementary language notes

Language:English
Summary in:English

Part of subdatabase

SwePubSwePub

Classification

Subject category:ref swepub-contenttype
Subject category:art swepub-publicationtype

Notes

Who participates in political violence? In this study, we investigate the issue at the micro-level, comparing individuals who have used violence in political uprising with those who have not. We develop our argument from the observation that men are strongly overrepresented in political violence, although most men do not participate. Literature on masculinities emphasizes the role of honor and its links to different forms of violence, such as domestic abuse, criminal violence, and violent attitudes. Building on this literature, we discern two separate but related aspects of honor: honor as male societal privilege and control over female sexuality, i.e., patriarchal values, and honor as ideals of masculine toughness, i.e., the perceived necessity for men to be fierce and respond to affronts with violence or threats of violence in order to preserve status. We argue that patriarchal values combined with ideals of masculine toughness together constitute honor ideology, which contributes in turn to the explanation of who participates in political violence. We present new and unique individual-level survey data on these issues, collected in Thailand. We find that honor ideology strongly and robustly predicts a higher likelihood of participating in political violence among male political activists. A number of previous studies find a macro-level relationship between gender equality and peacefulness in a society. This study provides evidence for one micro-level mechanism linking gender equality and political violence at the macro-level. Based on these results, we conclude that honor ideology endorsement is a driver of violence in political conflicts.

Subject headings and genre

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Annan samhällsvetenskap hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Other Social Sciences hsv//eng
honor
political violence
masculinities
Thailand
gender
survey
Peace and Conflict Research
Freds- och konfliktforskning

Added entries (persons, corporate bodies, meetings, titles ...)

Brounéus, Karen,1973-Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning(Swepub:uu)karelund (author)
Melander, Erik,1969-Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning(Swepub:uu)erikmela (author)
Uppsala universitetStatsvetenskapliga institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

Related titles

In:Journal of Peace Research: SAGE Publications54:6, s. 748-7610022-34331460-3578

Internet link

Find in a library

Journal of Peace Research (Search for host publication in LIBRIS)

To the university's database

1 of 1
Previous record
Next record
To hitlist

Find more in SwePub

By the author/editor: Bjarnegård, Elin ...; Brounéus, Karen, ...; Melander, Erik, ...

About the subject

SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES; and Other Social Sci ...

Articles in the publication: Journal of Peace ...

By the university: Uppsala University

Search outside SwePub

Extend your search to:: Google; Google Book Search; Google Scholar

Kungliga biblioteket hanterar dina personuppgifter i enlighet med EU:s dataskyddsförordning (2018), GDPR. Läs mer om hur det funkar här.
Så här hanterar KB dina uppgifter vid användning av denna tjänst.

LIBRIS.kb.se