Women in Transition: The Revolution Effect on Gender (In)Equality

Why  do  some  social  revolutionary  movements  favor  pro-women  legislation  and  not others?  My  research  evaluates  the  determinants  of  gender  inequality  in  revolutionary  contexts and  proposes  a  theory  of  gendered  redistributive  decision-making.  I  detect  a  cross-national pattern  of  women  empowerment  expansion  following  leftist  revolutions  since  1900.  I complement  this  analysis  with  a  comparative  historical  study  of  leftist  revolutions post-WWII, with Cuba as the primary case of interest.