Gender and Politics in Kuwait - Women and Political Participation in the Gulf

Informationen zum Autor Meshal Al-Sabah 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

Product details

• Authors: Meshal Al-Sabah
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781780763064
• ISBN: 978-1-78076-306-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 220 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies; Library of Modern Middle East; Library of Modern Middle East Studies; Continnuum-3PL
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education