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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831806003321

Autore

Tajali Mona

Titolo

Women's Political Representation in Iran and Turkey : : Demanding a Seat at the Table / / Mona Tajali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.l.] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2023

ISBN

1-4744-9949-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Political Science / Women In Politics

Political science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

How have women in many Muslim-majority countries been able to achieve surprising success despite the significant constraints imposed by conservative gender ideology and authoritarian political parties and systems? Through a comparative focus on Iran and Turkey, Mona Tajali examines the activities and strategies of women's rights groups across the ideological spectrum. She explores how various groups have negotiated with political elites in order to bolster female political representation and identifies the conditions that stimulate greater support to ease women's path to political office. Studying how women's groups manoeuvre within these structures is important to help our understanding of the gendered politics of autocratic regimes.