Women in Civil Society

The State, Islamism, and Networks in the UAE
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37613-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Women in Civil Society: The State, Islamism and Networking in the UAE investigates how women in an Arab Gulf country prove to play a key role in how civil society takes shape with and against one another through case studies on women in state-run organizations, Islamic organizations, and networks.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krause, W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Women in Civil Society: Key Issues in the Middle East Civil Society and Rentierism? Challenges to the UAE Woman Rentier Governmentality: Activism in UAE Women's Organizations and Clubs Women and Islamist Politics: Activism in Islamic-Oriented Associations Women's Activism through Networking Women in Civil Society: Prospects for the UAE

Über Autor(innen)

Wanda Krause is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She holds a PhD in Middle East Politics from the University of Exeter.