Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies - Gendered Spaces and Translocal Connections

Informationen zum Autor Gudrun Lachenmann is a professor at the Faculty of Sociology, Sociology of Development, and Research Centre, Bielefeld University. Klappentext Through networking and globalized modes of interaction and communication, women's organizations in Muslim countries negotiate global development concepts such as human rights and gender equality, thereby differentiating and reconstructing local visions of muslim society and popularizing new gender concepts. This comparative study highlights the diversity of Islamic identities and Muslim women's concepts of development, particularly regarding gender constructs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part I. Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Researching Translocal Gendered Spaces: Methodological Challenges Part 3 Part II: Women's Organizations and their Agendas Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Women's Organizations Creating Social Space in Senegal Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Women's Organizations and Social Transformation in Malaysia: Between Social Work and Legal Reforms Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Women's Organizations and Their Agendas in Sudan: Interfaces in Different Arenas Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Women's Organizations and the Reshaping of the Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis Part 8 Part III. Negotiating Development: Networking and Strategies of Women's Organizations Chapter 9 Chapter 6. Negotiating Women's Rights from Multiple Perspectives: The Campaign for the Reform of the Family Law in Senegal Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Negotiating Women's Rights in a Translocal Space: Women's Organizations and Networking in Malaysia Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Negotiating Peace and Rights in Sudan: Networking for the Agenda of "Violence Against Women" Part 12 Part IV. Conclusion Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Diversified Development: Constituting Translocal Spaces through Agency

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• Authors: Petra Dannecker, Dannecker Petra, Gudrun Lachenmann, Gudrun/ Dannecker Lachenmann, Lachenmann Gudrun
• Assisted by: Petra Dannecker (Editor), Gudrun Lachenmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2010
• EAN: 9780739126202
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2620-2
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Social groups, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Gender studies: women & girls