Women’s Political Representation in Iran and Turkey
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781474499477 (ISBN)
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 Tajili 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.
Mona Tajali is associate professor of international relations and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia. She has authored (with Homa Hoodfar) Electoral Politics: Making Quotas Work for Women (WLUML 2011), and several scholarly articles on gender and politics in the Middle East. Since 2007 she has been collaborating with the research wing of Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) transnational solidarity network and since 2019 serves as a member of its executive board.
Introduction: Women and Politics in Muslim Countries
Opportunity Structures: Strategizing for Women’s Political Representation in Turkey and Iran
Turkish Women as Political Agents: Between Secularism and Islamic Revivalism
Strategic Interactions: Multi-party politics and the lobby for female representation
Framing for Political Inclusion: The Demand for Headscarved Women’s Candidacy
Women and Politics in Iran: From Revolutionary to Reformist
Organizing Against All Odds: Iranian Factionalism and Women’s Political Representation
Piety and Agency: Framing Women’s Political Rights in a Theocratic State
Conclusion: Demanding a Seat at the Table
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.02.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 19 black and white illustrations, 10 black and white tables |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781474499477 / 9781474499477 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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