Elham Manea

The Arab State and Women's Rights (eBook, ePUB)

The Trap of Authoritarian Governance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing the question of why the modern Arab state has repeatedly turned away from any serious attempt to modernize the laws governing the family sphere, this book explores the issue of gender rights for Arab women and why they are often discriminated against in their private lives by the state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136663109
• Artikelnr.: 38273052

Autorenporträt

Elham Manea is a Fulbright scholar working as an Associate Professor at the Political Science Institute at the University of Zurich, and is a consultant for Swiss government agencies and international and human rights organizations. Her research interests include gender and politics in Arab states, democratization and civil society in the Middle East, and politics of the Arabian Peninsula.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Theoretical Framework 1. Suffrage Rights vs Personal Status Rights
in Arab States 2. State and Gender Politics in Comparative Politics and
Middle Eastern Studies 3. The Arab Authoritarian State and Women's Rights:
A Framework for Analysis Part 2: Arab State Formation, Social Fragmentation
and Gender Politics 4. State Formation in the Pre-Independence Periods 5.
Family Laws and Suffrage Rights in the Pre-Independence Periods Part 3: The
Arab Authoritarian State and Women's Rights 6. Features of the
Post-Colonial Arab Authoritarian State and Gender Politics: An Approach 7.
First Case Study: Yemen 8. Second Case Study: Kuwait 9. Third Case Study:
Syria 10. Conclusion