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.The volume charts the shifts in academic discourse and global development practice that shape our understanding of gender both as an object of policy and as a terrain for activism. Nine individual case studies systematically explore how struggles for political control and legitimacy determine both the ways in which dominant gender orders are safeguarded and the diverse forms of resistance against them.
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-05 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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.The volume charts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-05 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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.The volume charts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-22 - Publisher: Routledge
Since the mid-1980s, the presence of women in governance has become a major marker of successful democracy in global and national discourses on the democratization of society. A diverse set of nation-states have legislatively mandated gender quotas to ensure the presence of elected women representatives (EWRs) in various rungs of
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
"An original, valuable, and important study. . . . This book will quickly establish itself as a key work in the field of Middle East women's studies."--Leila Ahmed, author of Women and Gender in Islam "The history of women in the Middle East is seen from an entirely new perspective
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-01-12 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
This volume reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts. Some contributors undertake detailed analyses of how religion creates (and justifies) different forms of inequality that holds back individuals, groups and communities across the continent from flourishing, while others show how religion can also mitigate inequality in Africa.