Women's political representation in Iran and Turkey : demanding a seat at the table / Mona Tajali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tajali, Mona, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Iran--Politics and government.

Iran.

Turkey--Politics and government.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 335 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Women’s Political Representation in Iran and Turkey

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How have women in many Muslim-majority countries been able to achieve surprising success despite the significant constraints imposed by conservative gender ideology and authoritarian political parties and systems? Through a comparative focus on Iran and Turkey, Mona Tajali examines the activities and strategies of women's rights groups across the ideological spectrum. She explores how various groups have negotiated with political elites in order to bolster female political representation and identifies the conditions that stimulate greater support to ease women's path to political office. Studying how women's groups manoeuvre within these structures is important to help our understanding of the gendered politics of autocratic regimes.

Contents:

Introduction: Women and Politics in Muslim Countries

Opportunity Structures: Strategizing for Women's Political Representation in Turkey and Iran

Turkish Women as Political Agents: Between Secularism and Islamic Revivalism

Strategic Interactions: Multi-party politics and the lobby for female representation

Framing for Political Inclusion: The Demand for Headscarved Women's Candidacy

Women and Politics in Iran: From Revolutionary to Reformist

Organizing Against All Odds: Iranian Factionalism and Women's Political Representation

Piety and Agency: Framing Women's Political Rights in a Theocratic State

Conclusion: Demanding a Seat at the Table.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

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ISBN:

9781474499484

1474499481

OCLC:

1402817297