Class Year
2019
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Spring 2019
Department 1
Political Science
Abstract
Oil-based economies drive a connection between national identity and support for patriarchal belonging. Oil wealthy nations ensure that both men and women are excluded from political participation, and thus have a weak civil society. Through entrenching the population in the benefits of the oil economy, rentier states affirm that there is a high level of national identity. A weak civil society and the patriarchal nature of the oil wealth disenfranchises men and women, thus increasing women’s belief in the effectiveness of a male leader.
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Recommended Citation
Bosworth, Caroline M., "Oil Wealth and Gender in Political and National Belonging" (2019). Student Publications. 742.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/742
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Comments
Written as a senior capstone in Political Science.