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Informationen zum Autor Meshal Al-Sabah is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, King's College London. Educated at The University of Chicago, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, he holds a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from King's College London. Klappentext The role of women in politics in the Gulf is a much-debated and often little-understood subject in the West. In this book the author sheds new light on the struggle of Kuwaiti women for political participation! examining both the positions women hold in society and politics! and the discourses surrounding feminism and civil rights. Zusammenfassung The role of women in politics in the Gulf is a much-debated and often little-understood subject in the West. In this book the author sheds new light on the struggle of Kuwaiti women for political participation, examining both the positions women hold in society and politics, and the discourses surrounding feminism and civil rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: 1991: A Turning Point in Kuwaiti PoliticsChapter 2: Going Back to Move Forward: Internal Debate over the Consequences of the 1990 CrisisChapter 3: Indirect Change: The Status of Women in the Non-Political ArenaChapter 4: The Debate within the Ruling FamilyChapter 5: Women in Politics: The National and International DebateChapter 6: Sponsors and Factions of the Kuwaiti Women’s Rights MovementChapter 7: The Future: Challenges, Expectations and OpportunitiesChapter 8: The Long Road to Success: Women in Kuwaiti Politics, 1991-2009Conclusion
