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Gender, governance and Islam / edited by Deniz Kandiyoti, Nadje Al-Ali and Kathryn Spellman Poots.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kandiyoti, Deniz, Author.
- Series:
- Exploring Muslim contexts.
- Exploring Muslim contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim women--Social conditions--21st century.
- Muslim women.
- Sex role--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Sex role.
- Sex discrimination--Islamic countries.
- Sex discrimination.
- Islamic countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Following a period of rapid political change, both globally and in relation to the Middle East and South Asia, this collection sets new terms of reference for an analysis of the intersections between global, state, non-state and popular actors and their contradictory effects on the politics of gender.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction – Beyond Women, Islam and the State: Situating the Politics of Gender in a New Century
- Chapter 2. Protest, Resistance and Shifting Gender Orders in Egypt: Crossing Red Lines?
- Chapter 3. Manufacturing Consent in Iran: from Moral Subjects to (Un)Healthy Citizens
- Chapter 4. Saudi Women: Between Family, Religion and State
- Chapter 5. Against All Odds: the Resilience and Fragility of Women’s Gender Activism in Turkey
- Chapter 6. Discrete Moves and Parallel Tracks: Gender Politics in Post-2001 Afghanistan
- Chapter 7. Palestine: Gender in an Imagined Fragmented Sovereignty
- Chapter 8. Iraq: Gendering Violence, Sectarianism and Authoritarianism
- Chapter 9. Defiance not Subservience: New Directions in the Pakistani Women’s Movement
- Chapter 10. Muslim Diasporas in Transition: Islam, Gender and New Regimes of Governance
- Epilogue: Locating Gender in Contentious Politics
- About the Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781474455459
- 147445545X
- OCLC:
- 1306539580
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