International observers generally praise the rise in female politicians in autocracies, but the inclusion of women in politics can also be a means by which autocrats polish their image without real reform. Janina Beiser-McGrath and Eda Keremoğlu caution that authoritarian states do not necessarily become more democratic, even if women gain real power in their cabinets.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science, University of Konstanz
Eda is a Principal Investigator at the University of Konstanz Cluster of Excellence The Politics of Inequality.
Her main research area is comparative authoritarian politics, with particular focus on digital politics, repression, and societal cooptation.
Eda's work has been published, or is forthcoming, in Comparative Political Studies, PNAS Nexus, Political Analysis, Political Science Research and Methods, and PLOS ONE, among other publications.
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