Handbook of Arab women and Arab Spring : challenges and opportunities / editor, Muhamad S. Olimat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olimat, Muhamad.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Women, Arab.

Politics and government.

Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.

Arab countries.

Democratization--Arab countries--History--21st century.

Democratization.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This volume examines the role of Arab women in the Arab Spring and their contribution to the ongoing process of change sweeping the region. The book begins with an examination of the process of democratization and its impediments in the Arab World since the Second World War. It then looks at the conditions that led to the upsurge of the so-called Arab Spring. Finally it underscores womens role as participants, organizers leaders but also as victims. The main thesis of the book is that while Arab women were an integral part of the revolutionary efforts within the Arab Spring paradigm, they did not benefit from their sacrifices. Although they continue to be part of the process of change, their gains, rights and scope for participation are still limited. If the expansion of womens participation and the scope of their rights do not seem to be a priority for revolutionary forces, women have made remarkable achievements, especially in some Arab Spring countries such as Yemen and Libya. The book includes case studies of some Arab Spring countries and other countries influenced by developments: Egypt, Bahrain Kuwait, Libya, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. It calls on revolutionary and reformist forces to give special attention to issues related to Arab women, as they are an indispensable pillar in the process of reform, development, peace and stability in the Middle East"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Arab women and political development / Rowaida al-Maaitah. [et al.]

2. Gender empowerment in Algeria / Sangeeta Sinha

3. Bahraini women and the Arab Spring : meeting the challenges of empowerment and emancipation / Magdalena Karolak

4, An Egyptian Spring for women? / Nadine Sika

5. The role of women in the Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011 / Manalal-Natour

6. The Arab Spring and women in Kuwait / Muhamad S. Olimat

7. Prospects for women in the new Libya / Wafa Bugaighis

8. The struggle for women's rights in Morocco : from historical feminism to 20 February 2011 activism / Zeineb Touati

9. Saudi Arabian women's rights and the Arab Spring uprisings : contextualizing grassroots activism and state reforms / Magdalena Karolak

10. The status of women in Syria before and during the Arab Spring / Lorraine Charles and Kate Denman

11. Social networks and women's rights activism in post-revolutionary Tunisia / Zeineb Touati and Sami Zlitni

12. The Arab Spring : the beginning or the end of women's dreams in Yemen? / Lody Odeh.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315858661

9781317937364

9781317937371

OCLC:

897465522

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.