ISBN:
9783030277345
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 311 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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21 cm
Series Statement:
Gender and politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.420956
Keywords:
Women's rights
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Women's rights
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Bevölkerungsgruppe
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Frau
;
Gruppe
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Rechtsstellung
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Diskriminierung
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Unterdrückung
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Massenbewegung
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Protestbewegung
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Forderung
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Politik
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Menschenrecht
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Emanzipation
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Gleichberechtigung
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Soziokultureller Wandel
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Demokratisierung
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Naher Osten
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Mittlerer Osten
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Nordafrika
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Konferenzschrift 2017
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
« While the Arab Uprisings presented new opportunities for the empowerment of women, the sidelining of women remains a constant risk in the post-revolutionist MENA countries. Changes in the position of women are crucial to the reconfiguration of state-society relations and to the discussions between Islamist and secular trends. Theoretically framed and based on new empirical data, this edited volume explores women’s activism and political representation as well as discursive changes, with a particular focus on secular and Islamic feminism, and changes in popular opinions on women’s position in society. While the contributors express optimistic as well as more pessimistic views for the future, they agree that this is a period of uncertainty for women in the region, and that support by ruling elites towards women’s rights remains ambiguous and double-edged. « (Verlagsbeschreibung)
Note:
Aus dem Vorwort: The contribution to the book is based on a selection of papers presented at the International Conference on Gender and Politics (ICGP), "Women in politics in an age of uncertainty: the road to sustainable democracy and democratization", organized by the Polydisciplinary Faculty of Ouarzazate, Ibn Zohr University (Morocco), in collaboration with Wisconsin-Madison University in November 2017
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Introduction: The Arab Uprisings and the Rights of Women
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The Center: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Women’s Rights in Pre- and Post-Arab Spring North Africa
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Whose Gender Equality? On the Boundaries of Islam and Feminism in the MENA Region
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Cultural Change in North Africa: The Interaction Effect of Women’s Empowerment and Democratization
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Changing Tides? On How Popular Support for Feminism Increased After the Arab Spring
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Women’s Activism in North Africa: A Historical and Socio-Political Approach
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Political Opportunities for Islamist Women in Morocco and Egypt: Structure or Agency?
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Contrasting Women’s Rights in the Maghreb and the Middle East Constitutions
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Examining Female Membership and Leadership of Legislative Committees in Jordan
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Empowering Young Women? Gender and Youth Quotas in Tunisia
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Whose Empowerment? Gender Quota Reform Mechanisms and De-democratization in Morocco
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