Women and Democracy in Iraq

Gender, Politics and Nation-Building

Huda Al-Tamimi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2019
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
9781788312806 (ISBN)

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As the post-invasion reconstruction of Iraq has unfolded, the potential for Iraqi women to participate actively and visibly in the country’s political structure has been one of its most notable results. The 2005 Constitution required that no less than 25% of seats in the Iraqi Parliament be filled by women. Yet despite subsequent parliamentary statistics suggesting great strides for female political participation, there has been a resounding silence on the wider implications of this quota for women in Iraqi political life.
This book is the first full-length study of women’s political representation in Iraq. Based on interviews with politicians and substantial media analysis, Huda Al-Tamimi outlines the political, sectarian and cultural constraints facing female Members of Parliament, and the ways in which individual women and women’s organizations are actively challenging barriers to their political influence. The book is a vital contribution to discussions concerning the success and limitations of gender quotas in the Middle East. It also offers new and critical perspectives on the evolution of Iraqi politics, a subject that remains of high priority for a region and international community interested in the nation’s reconstruction.

Huda Al-Tamimi is Lecturer and Convener of the Arabic, Honours & Postgraduate Program at the Centre for Arabic & Islamic Studies at the Australian National University.

CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Impetus Behind the Parliamentary Gender
Quota in Iraq

CHAPTER 2. Historical Context for Iraqi Women’s Political Participation

CHAPTER 3. Gender Quotas and Women’s Political Mobilization in Iraq
and the Middle East

CHAPTER 4. Descriptive Representation: Quota Effects on Numbers of
Women in Office
CHAPTER 5. Case Studies: Twelve Iraqi Female Members of Parliament
Since 2005

CHAPTER 6. Substantive Representation: How Have Women Affected
Public Policy?

CHAPTER 7. Symbolic Representation: Legitimacy and Media Treatment of
Women as Political Agents

CHAPTER 8. The Iraqi Political Situation and Women’s Representation
Post-2014

CHAPTER 9. Conclusion
ENDNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Erscheinungsdatum	07.06.2019
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	626 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781788312806 / 9781788312806
Zustand	Neuware