Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East
Title | Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Suad Joseph |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 2000-11-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780815628651 |
The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law and labour.
Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East
Title | Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Laila Taraghi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2007 |
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Women and Power in the Middle East
Title | Women and Power in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Suad Joseph |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2011-10-20 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0812206908 |
The seventeen essays in Women and Power in the Middle East analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. Published at different times in Middle East Report, the journal of the Middle East Research and Information Project, the essays document empirically the similarities and differences in the gendering of relations of power in twelve countries—Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iran. Together they seek to build a framework for understanding broad patterns of gender in the Arab-Islamic world. Challenging questions are addressed throughout. What roles have women played in politics in this region? When and why are women politically mobilized, and which women? Does the nature and impact of their mobilization differ if it is initiated by the state, nationalist movements, revolutionary parties, or spontaneous revolt? And what happens to women when those agents of mobilization win or lose? In investigating these and other issues, the essays take a look at the impact of rapid social change in the Arab-Islamic world. They also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Indeed the essays present rich new approaches to assessing what political participation has meant for women in this region and how emerging national states there have dealt with organized efforts by women to influence the institutions that govern their lives. Designed for courses in Middle East, women's, and cultural studies, Women and Power in the Middle East offers to both students and scholars an excellent introduction to the study of gender in the Arab-Islamic world.
Women and the Islamic Republic
Title | Women and the Islamic Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Shirin Saeidi |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2022-01-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1316515761 |
A study of citizenship formation in post-1979 Iran, examining the centrality of non-elite women's participation in the process.
Citizenship and the State in the Middle East
Title | Citizenship and the State in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Nils A. Butenschon |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 2000-05-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780815628293 |
As a response to processes of globalization, regional integration and ethnic conflicts, the study of citizenship has regained new interest among social scientists and legal experts. This approach focuses on the relationship between the state and the people-as individuals and collectivities, citizens and non-citizens-both those living within or outside its borders. Citizenship defines the terms of rights and obligations in a society, regulates political participation and access to public goods and properties. Together, with its companion volume, Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East, this book represents the first systematic critical attempt to interpret the complex nature of Middle East politics from a citizenship perspective. In addition, the book provides both theoretical contributions and case studies, and includes a significant section on Israel and Palestine.
Modernizing Women
Title | Modernizing Women PDF eBook |
Author | Valentine M. Moghadam |
Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Muslim women |
ISBN | 9781588261717 |
Extrait de la préface : "The subject of this study is social change in the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan ; its impact on women's legal status and social positions ; and women's varied responses to, and involvment in, change processes. It also deals with constructions of gender during periods of social and political change. Social change is usually described in terms of modernization, revolution, cultural challenges, and social movements. Much of the standard literature on these topics does not examine women or gender, and thus [the author] hopes this study will contribute to an appreciation of the significance of gender in the midst of change. Neither are there many sociological studies on MENA and Afghansitan or studies on women in MENA and Afghanistan from a sociological perspective. Myths and stereotypes abund regarding women, Islam, and the region, and the sevents of September 11 and since have only compounded them. This book is intended in part to "normalize" the Middle East by underscoring the salience of structural determinants other than religion. It focuses on the major social-change processes in the region to show how women's lives are shaped not only by "Islam" and "culture", but also by economic development, the state, class location, and the world system. Why the focus on women? It is [the autor's] contention that middle-class women are consciously and unconsciously major agents of social change in the region, at the vanguard of movements for modernity, democratization and citizenship."
Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Title | Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Sameena Nazir |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780742549920 |
Women's rights in the middle east and North Africa / edited by Sameena Nazir and Leigh Tomppert / 2005.