Gender Politics and Representation · Survey

Who goes quiet when politics turns violent?

Paper: Silenced Voices: How Violence Marginalizes Women and Immigrant Politicians in Policy Debates
Håkansson & Josefsson · British Journal of Political Science 2026 · doi.org/10.1017/s0007123426101380

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Who goes quiet when politics turns violent? In Swedish surveys with 43,000 responses from politicians, women and those with immigrant backgrounds were more likely to say they withdrew from debates because of violence.

AI-assisted summary with an AI voice, not reviewed by the authors. Made from the paper under its CC BY licence. Read the paper before relying on a finding. Keywords: political violence, women politicians, gender equality, immigration debate, public policy debate, chilling effect.