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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787823103321

Autore

Sandberg Eve Nan

Titolo

Moroccan women, activists, and gender politics : an institutional analysis / / Eve Sandberg and Kenza Aqertit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-0170-2

0-7391-8210-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

305.420964

Soggetti

Women - Morocco - Social conditions

Women political activists - Morocco

Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Morocco

Women (Islamic law) - Morocco

Sex discrimination - Morocco

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Moroccan Women, Activists And Gender Politics; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Institutional Theories, Feminist Theories, and Moroccan Women Activists; Chapter 2 Creating Morocco's Post-Independence Gender Institution; Chapter 3 The Agency of Moroccan Women; Chapter 4 Changing Rules and Paths within Institutions and the Creation of Discursive Initiatives to Alter Morocco's Gender Discourses; Chapter 5 Resources; Chapter 6 The Sum is Greater Than Its Parts; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book explores, through a feminist and institutionalist approach, how Moroccan women activists altered their national gender institution to improve the lives of all Moroccan women. The authors offer a template for studying change in national gender institutions that can be adopted by practitioners and scholars in other settings.</span></span>