BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Study of Global Politics series within the Moynihan Institu te presents a talk with \;Caitlin Andrews-Lee\, assistant professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.How do women leaders establish political legitimacy? Scholarship has documented how they do so in programmatic cont exts\, yet we know little about whether and how they do so when voters dem and a charismatic “strongman.” Andrews-Lee claims that women can establish charismatic legitimacy but do so differently from men. Whereas men signal their charisma by portraying themselves as independent heroes\, women are more likely to do so by showcasing their intimate bond to a charismatic m an and embracing a complementary feminine role. A cross-national analysis of 58 women executives illustrates the close correspondence between gender \, family ties and charismatic legitimacy. Subsequently\, a comparative an alysis drawing on interviews and focus groups shows how men and women lead ers from a single political movement—Argentine Peronism—established charis matic legitimacy through distinct gendered pathways. The results underscor e the hypermasculine structure of charismatic leadership and reveal an imp ortant pathway through which women can achieve it.Caitlin Andrews-Lee is a n assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administrat ion at Toronto Metropolitan University. Starting in the Fall of 2024\, she will be an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Cha pel Hill. Andrews-Lee’s research and teaching focus on comparative politic s and research methods with a regional focus on Latin America. She is espe cially interested in how leaders cultivate charismatic attachments with vo ters to garner support\, consolidate power and undermine democratic accoun tability. She has published an award-winning book with Cambridge Universit y Press on this topic\, “The Emergence and Revival of Charismatic Movement s: Argentine Peronism and Venezuelan Chavismo\,” as well as peer-reviewed articles in several academic journals. Her current research examines the g endered structure of charismatic authority and investigates under what con ditions women can defy expectations and establish charismatic legitimacy a s executive leaders. DTEND:20240412T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260513T033803Z DTSTART:20240412T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Gendered Pathways to Political Legitimacy: Men Versus Women Leaders in Charismatic Movements UID:RFCALITEM639142258837757597 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Study of Global Politics series within the Moynihan Institute presents a talk with \;Caitlin Andrews-Lee\, as sistant professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.

How do women l eaders establish political legitimacy? Scholarship has documented how they do so in programmatic contexts\, yet we know little about whether and how they do so when voters demand a charismatic “strongman.” Andrews-Lee clai ms that women can establish charismatic legitimacy but do so differently f rom men. Whereas men signal their charisma by portraying themselves as ind ependent heroes\, women are more likely to do so by showcasing their intim ate bond to a charismatic man and embracing a complementary feminine role.

A cross-national analysis of 58 women executives illustrates the c lose correspondence between gender\, family ties and charismatic legitimac y. Subsequently\, a comparative analysis drawing on interviews and focus g roups shows how men and women leaders from a single political movement—Arg entine Peronism—established charismatic legitimacy through distinct gender ed pathways. The results underscore the hypermasculine structure of charis matic leadership and reveal an important pathway through which women can a chieve it.

Caitlin Andrews-Lee is an assistant professor in the Depa rtment of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan Unive rsity. Starting in the Fall of 2024\, she will be an assistant professor a t the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Andrews-Lee’s re search and teaching focus on comparative politics and research methods wit h a regional focus on Latin America. She is especially interested in how l eaders cultivate charismatic attachments with voters to garner support\, c onsolidate power and undermine democratic accountability.

She has p ublished an award-winning book with Cambridge University Press on this top ic\, “The Emergence and Revival of Charismatic Movements: Argentine Peroni sm and Venezuelan Chavismo\,” as well as peer-reviewed articles in several academic journals. Her current research examines the gendered structure o f charismatic authority and investigates under what conditions women can d efy expectations and establish charismatic legitimacy as executive leaders .

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