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Informationen zum Autor Wanda Krause is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Gulf Studies Program at Qatar University. Formerly Teaching Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London, she is the author of Women in Civil Society: The State, Islamism and Networks in the UAE (2008). Klappentext In the Middle East, and in Egypt in particular, there has always been a tendency to accord complete supremacy to the authority and might of the state, and to see 'society' as a separate, powerless entity. However, after the uprising of 2011, this assumption was turned on its head. And it is the wide range of political activity beyond the remit of the official state where Wanda Krause locates a dynamic potential for political change from the bottom up. She looks in particular at the influential role of women's private voluntary organisations in Egypt in shaping concepts of civil society and democracy. Exploring both secular and 'Islamist' organisations, she offers a steadfast critique of the view that Islamic women activists are insignificant, 'backward' or 'uncivil'. Krause's examination of women activists in Egypt today is vital for those interested in Middle East and Gender Studies, as well as those researching the wider issues of civil society and democratisation.In the Middle East, and in Egypt in particular, there has always been a tendency to accord complete supremacy to the authority and might of the state. Exploring both secular and 'Islamist' organisations, this book offers a steadfast critique of the view that Islamic women activists are insignificant, 'backward' or 'uncivil'. Zusammenfassung In the Middle East, and in Egypt in particular, there has always been a tendency to accord complete supremacy to the authority and might of the state. Exploring both secular and 'Islamist' organisations, this book offers a steadfast critique of the view that Islamic women activists are insignificant, 'backward' or 'uncivil'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Women in Egyptian Civil Society Chapter 2: Civil Society and Political Participation in the Middle East Chapter 3: Key Issues for Struggle: Poverty and Marginalization Chapter 4: Practical Considerations for Methodology and Fieldwork Chapter 5: The Islamic and Secular as Means of Participation Chapter 6: Conclusions and Future Research ...
