The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance

ISBN-13: 9781138789234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 256 str.

Elham Manea

Opis

Using the features of the Arab authoritarian state as a basis for a theoretical framework of analysis, the author draws on detailed fieldwork and first-hand interviews to study women's rights in three countries - Yemen, Syria, and Kuwait.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.