| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages) : illustrations |
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Comparative feminist studies |
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Comparative feminist studies series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Deconstructing Women's Empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa / Marwa Shalaby -- part 1: Islamic Law and Gender Equality. Interrogating the "Shari'a" Excuse: Religious Reasoning, International Law, and the Struggle for Gender Equality in the Middle East / Ayesha S. Chaudhry ; Normative Paradigms and Constraints on Equal Rights for Women in the Arab World / Amira El Azhary Sonbol -- part 2: Agency and Women's Empowerment. No Agency Without Grassroots Autonomy: A Framework for Evaluating Women's Political Inclusion in Jordan, Bahrain, and Morocco / Bozena C. Welborne -- Kin-Based Values and Attitudes Toward Gender Equality in Morocco and Egypt / Rahma Abdulkadir, Gail Buttorff ; Explaining Egalitarian Attitudes: The Role of Interests and Exposure / Lindsay J. Benstead -- part 3: Challenge and Progress Post Arab-Spring. Syrian and Syrian Palestinian Women in Lebanon: 'Actors of Citizenship'? / Dina Kiwan ; Challenges Facing Women's Political Participation Post Arab Spring: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia / Marwa Shalaby ' Women and Demoncracy after the Arab Spring: Theory, Practice, and Prospects / Valentine M. Moghadam |
| Summary |
This book sheds light on some of the most critical issues impeding the advancement of women's rights post Arab Spring, such as patriarchy, barriers to women's agency in the legal and socioeconomic realms, women's access to the decision-making process, citizenship rights, and the impact of conflict on women's status. It offers a distinct perspective that takes into account the diversity of the Arab world and presents a theoretical framework on the study of women's empowerment amid the transformations that have shaped the social and political fabrics of Arab societies. Empowering Women after the Arab Spring represents cutting-edge research from a variety of academic disciplines -- anthropology, political science, and sociology -- and presents comparative analyses from places including the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia. This volume offers one of the first systematic efforts to combine qualitative and quantitative research to draw a more accurate picture of the realities of Middle Eastern women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (EBL platform, viewed March 8, 2017) |
| Subject |
Muslim women -- Middle East -- Social conditions
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Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions
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Feminism -- Middle East
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Feminism
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Muslim women -- Social conditions
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Women -- Social conditions
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Frau
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Arabischer Frühling
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shalaby, Marwa, editor.
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Moghadam, Valentine M., 1952- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137557476 |
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1137557478 |
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