Shireen Burki

The Politics of State Intervention

Gender Politics in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran

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Produktbeschreibung

Utilizing a historical context, this work underscores the continued struggle within these societies between the hardliners who wish to relegate females to the status of slaves and those who strive for gender equality within a conservative cultural milieu.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780739184905
• ISBN-10: 0739184903
• Artikelnr.: 42285958

Autorenporträt

By Shireen Burki

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Pakistan Chapter 1: The Politics of
Gender in Pakistan, 1947-1977: A Historical Overview Chapter 2:
Islamization and Female Status: Life Under General Zia-ul-Haq, 1977-1988
Chapter 3: State Policies and Female Status: The Post-Zia State Part Two:
Afghanistan Chapter 4: The Politics of Gender in Afghanistan, 1919-1994: A
Historical Overview Chapter 5: Rise of the Taliban and Female Status: The
Politics of Repression, 1996-2001 Chapter 6: Gender Politics in the
Post-Taliban Afghan State: The Politics of Accommodation? Part Three: Iran
Chapter 7: The Politics of Gender in Iran, 1906-1941: From Constitutional
Revolution to Monarchical "Modernization" Chapter 8: Modernization and
Female Status: Life Under the Second Pahlavi Shah, 1941-1979 Chapter 9:
Trials and Tribulations in Iran: Gender Politics in a Theocracy Conclusion:
Prospects for Pakistani, Afghan and Iranian Women in the 21st Century
Bibliography About the Author