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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

Who reads Women and Power in the Middle East?

Author

Joseph, Suad (editor);Slyomovics, Susan (editor)

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812217490

Category

religious

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science