04446nam 2200721Ia 450 991082408870332120200520144314.01-280-66120-897866136381371-136-66311-80-203-80758-810.4324/9780203807583 (CKB)2670000000177035(EBL)710102(OCoLC)793165367(SSID)ssj0000632096(PQKBManifestationID)11374674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632096(PQKBWorkID)10609488(PQKB)11242823(MiAaPQ)EBC710102(Au-PeEL)EBL710102(CaPaEBR)ebr10558606(CaONFJC)MIL363813(OCoLC)795329900(EXLCZ)99267000000017703520110207d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Arab State and women's rights the trap of authoritarian governance /Elham Manea1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge20111 online resource (249 p.)Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;37Description based upon print version of record.1-138-78923-2 0-415-61773-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; The Arab State andWomen's Rights; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and tables; List of Interviewees; Acknowledgments; Prelude; Part I: Theoretical framework; 1. Suffrage rights versus personal status rights in Arab states; Introduction; 2. State and gender politics in comparative politics and Middle East studies; 2.1 Comparative politics; 2.2 Middle East area studies; 3. The Arab authoritarian state and women's rights: A framework for analysis; 3.1 Arab state formation, lack of legitimacy, and the traditional base of power3.2 The authoritarian Arab state and women's rights: terminology, assumptions, and methodologyPart II: Arab state formation, social fragmentation, and gender politics; 4. State formation in the pre-independence periods; 4.1 Internal dimension: social fragmentation of the pre-independent arab state; 4.2 External dimension: the creation and deformation of the institutional base of the pre-independent Arab state; 5. Family laws and suffrage rights in the pre-independence periods; 5.1 Yemen; 5.2 Kuwait; 5.3 Syria; Part III: The Arab authoritarian state and women's rights6. Features of the post-colonial Arab authoritarian state and gender politics: An approach6.1 Background; 6.2 First feature: legitimacy; 6.3 Second feature: the traditional base of power; 6.4 Third feature: the politics of survival; 6.5 The state and gender politics in an Arab context; 7. First case study: Yemen; 7.1 Family laws; 7.2 Suffrage rights; 8. Second case study: Kuwait; 8.1 Family law; 8.2 Suffrage rights; 9. Third case study: Syria; 9.1 Family laws; 9.2 Suffrage rights; 10. Conclusion; The authoritarian state; Notes; Bibliography; IndexResearchers studying gender politics in Arab societies have been puzzled by a phenomenon common in many Arab states - while women are granted suffrage rights, they are often discriminated against by the state in their private lives. This book addresses this phenomenon, maintaining that the Arab state functions according to a certain 'logic' and 'patterns' which have direct consequences on its gender policies, in both the public and private spheres. Using the features of the Arab Authoritarian state as a basis for a theoretical framework of analysis, the author draws on detaileRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;37.Women's rightsArab countriesWomenArab countriesSocial conditionsWomen's rightsArab countriesCase studiesWomenArab countriesSocial conditionsCase studiesWomen's rightsWomenSocial conditions.Women's rightsWomenSocial conditions323.3/409174927Manea Elham1117910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824088703321The Arab State and women's rights4099872UNINA