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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460013203321

Titolo

Women's movements and countermovements : the quest for gender equality in Southeast Asia and the Middle East / / edited by Claudia Derichs in cooperation with Dana Fennert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6802-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Feminism - Middle East

Feminism - Southeast Asia

Sex discrimination against women - Middle East

Sex discrimination against women - Southeast Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The relationship between social movements and their countermovements is an underrepresented research topic, given the bulk of social movement studies that have been published to date. Moreover, empirical research on this topic primarily covers certain geographic areas of the world, specifically what is commonly called the ""global North"". The mobilization of religious and women's movements against social change, which strive for a preservation of the status quo and can be held responsible for ...