Civil society and women activists in the Middle East : Islamic and secular organizations in Egypt / Wanda Krause.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krause, Wanda.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies ; 118.

Library of modern Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Egypt--Social conditions--21st century.

Women.

Women political activists--Egypt--History--21st century.

Women political activists.

Civil society--Egypt--History--21st century.

Civil society.

Social action--Egypt--History--21st century.

Social action.

History.

Social conditions.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

viii, 263 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Summary:

In light of the recent popular uprisings and revolutions taking place across the North Africa and Middle East (MENA) region, a comprehensive and informed analysis of democratization from below is more vital now than ever. Wanda Krause's Civil Society and Women Activists in the Middle East: Islamic and Secular Organizations in Egypt provides just such timely and lucid analysis and will therefore be welcomed by academics, policy makers, and lay-people with ah interest in the region, seeking to make sense of these rapidly unfolding developments.

With its fascinating ethnographic study of women activists in Egypt today, Krause's book offers a powerful riposte to Orientalist arguments regarding the absence of political society in the Middle East, and the lack of political agency of women in what are deemed to be patriarchal and oppressive societies. Civil Society and Women Activists in the Middle East will be of great interest to students and scholars of Middle East and Gender Studies, as well as those researching the wider issues of civil society and democratization. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Women Activists in the Middle East 1

2 Civil Society and Political Participation 35

3 Key Issues for Struggle: Poverty and Marginalization 59

4 Practical Considerations for Methodology and Fieldwork 85

5 The Islamic and Secular as Means of Participation 115

6 Empowerment through the Feminine and Strategic 149

7 Women's Activism through Networking 189

8 Conclusions 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848858855

184885885X

OCLC:

757931979