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Getting Real about Aztec Patriarchy
Are scholars right to push back against narratives of imperial militarism, instead stressing women’s agency and roles as hidden powers?
Jun 20
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Alice Evans
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Aztec Patriarchy: Women’s Work and Men’s War
Returning to the primary sources, with new ideas for AI!
Jun 19
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Alice Evans
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Why does Southern Africa have so many unintended pregnancies and absent fathers?
Why does Southern Africa have such high rates of unintended pregnancy and then absent fathers?
Jun 10
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Alice Evans
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May 2026
How does Female Emancipation affect GDP?
This essay thus explores the economic effects of female emancipation - in terms of labour, marriage and fertility.
May 31
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Alice Evans
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Did Colonialism Help or Hinder African Patriarchs?
Colonialism is often blamed for consolidating patriarchy, but to assess its effects we must consider labour institutions and the political economy of…
May 24
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Alice Evans
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The Global Islamic Revival - Key Graphs
The Global Islamic Revival represents one of the most significant sociopolitical transformations of the past half-century. Muslims increasingly came to…
May 21
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Alice Evans
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Patriarchal Rents
Patriarchy doesn't just puff up men's egos, it also enables extraction - labour rents, kinship rents, exclusion, and impunity rents.
May 9
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Alice Evans
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Are Queen Mothers Over-Rated?
Rebutting a few myths..
May 6
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Alice Evans
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Female Power for Whom?
Queen mothers, pawned girls, and the limits of the Standard Cross Cultural Sample
May 1
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Alice Evans
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April 2026
Why Are Sub-Saharan Africa's Earliest States now Epicenters of Terrorism?
The Sahelian-Sudanic belt converted to Islam but retained ethnic divisions. Salafists now recruit excluded young men to wage holy war.
Apr 25
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Alice Evans
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Will Female Graduates Break Chinese Patriarchy?
Female education is often sold as the great equaliser. But are institutions really so meritocratic?
Apr 16
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Alice Evans
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When Cities Outrun the State
Late industrialisers can import machines faster than they build impartial states.
Apr 10
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Alice Evans
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