0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies

Buy Now

Bargaining for Women's Rights - Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy (Paperback) Loot Price: R750
Discovery Miles 7 500
Bargaining for Women's Rights - Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy (Paperback): Alice J Kang

Bargaining for Women's Rights - Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy (Paperback)

Alice J Kang

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 | Repayment Terms: R70 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 9 - 17 working days

Gender relations in Muslim-majority countries have been subject to intense debate in recent decades. In some cases, Muslim women have fought for and won new rights to political participation, reproductive health, and education. In others, their agendas have been stymied. Yet missing from this discussion, until now, has been a systematic examination of how civil society groups mobilize to promote women's rights and how multiple components of the state negotiate such legislation. In Bargaining for Women's Rights, Alice J. Kang argues that reform is more likely to happen when the struggle arises from within. Focusing on how a law on gender quotas and a United Nations treaty on ending discrimination against women passed in Niger while family law reform and an African Union protocol on women's rights did not, Kang shows how local women's associations are uniquely positioned to translate global concepts of democracy and human rights into concrete policy proposals. And yet, drawing on numerous interviews with women's rights activists as well as Islamists and politicians, she reveals that the former are not the only ones who care about the regulation of gender relations. Providing a solid analytic framework for understanding conflict over women's rights policies without stereotyping Muslims, Bargaining for Women's Rights demonstrates that, contrary to conventional wisdom, Islam does not have a uniformly negative effect on the prospects of such legislation.

General

Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2015
First published: 2015
Authors: Alice J Kang
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-9218-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Religious freedom
Promotions
LSN: 0-8166-9218-1
Barcode: 9780816692187

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Crossroads - I Live Where I Like
Koni Benson Paperback R280 R259 Discovery Miles 2 590
Reclaiming The Soil - A Black Girl's…
Rosie Motene Paperback R441 Discovery Miles 4 410
Sitting Pretty - White Afrikaans Women…
Christi van der Westhuizen Paperback  (1)
R365 R337 Discovery Miles 3 370
Shackled - One Woman's Dramatic Triumph…
Mariam Ibraheem, Eugene Bach Paperback R441 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180
Miss Behave
Malebo Sephodi Paperback  (12)
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020
Woman Evolve - Break Up With Your Fears…
Sarah Jakes Roberts Paperback  (2)
R319 R293 Discovery Miles 2 930
Fatima Meer - Memories Of Love And…
Fatima Meer Paperback  (1)
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790
Black And Female
Tsitsi Dangarembga Paperback  (1)
R336 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060
Becoming
Michelle Obama Hardcover  (6)
R776 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380
Black Skin - The Definitive Skincare…
Dija Ayodele Hardcover R590 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190
The Light We Carry - Overcoming In…
Michelle Obama Hardcover  (1)
R399 R368 Discovery Miles 3 680
Entitled - How Male Privilege Hurts…
Kate Manne Paperback R333 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020

See more

Partners