LEADER 04446nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910824088703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-66120-8 010 $a9786613638137 010 $a1-136-66311-8 010 $a0-203-80758-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203807583 035 $a(CKB)2670000000177035 035 $a(EBL)710102 035 $a(OCoLC)793165367 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632096 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11374674 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632096 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10609488 035 $a(PQKB)11242823 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC710102 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL710102 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558606 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL363813 035 $a(OCoLC)795329900 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000177035 100 $a20110207d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Arab State and women's rights $ethe trap of authoritarian governance /$fElham Manea 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;$v37 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-78923-2 311 $a0-415-61773-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 power 327 $a3.2 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 rights 327 $a6. 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; Index 330 $aResearchers studying gender politics in Arab societies have been puzzled by a phenomenon common in many Arab states - while women are granted suffrage rights, they are often discriminated against by the state in their private lives. This book addresses this phenomenon, maintaining that the Arab state functions according to a certain 'logic' and 'patterns' which have direct consequences on its gender policies, in both the public and private spheres. Using the features of the Arab Authoritarian state as a basis for a theoretical framework of analysis, the author draws on detaile 410 0$aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;$v37. 606 $aWomen's rights$zArab countries 606 $aWomen$zArab countries$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen's rights$zArab countries$vCase studies 606 $aWomen$zArab countries$xSocial conditions$vCase studies 615 0$aWomen's rights 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen's rights 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions 676 $a323.3/409174927 700 $aManea$b Elham$01117910 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824088703321 996 $aThe Arab State and women's rights$94099872 997 $aUNINA