Islam, Democracy and the Status of Women
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Expanding Citizenship Rights
Fatat Club
Formal Political Rights
gender equality activism
Helen Mary Rizzo
Islamic feminist movements in Kuwait
Islamic Heritage Society
Islamic Revivalist Groups
Islamic Revivalist Movement
kuwaiti
Kuwaiti Citizens
Kuwaiti Society
Kuwaiti Women
Micro-level Research
Middle East politics
OLS Regression Analysis
Palestinian Authority
political
Recognize Gender Inequality
religious discourse analysis
rights
Service Organization Members
Shia Social
Social Background Characteristics
Social Reform Society
Voluntary Associations
Women's Citizenship Rights
Women's Political Behavior
women's political participation
Women's Political Rights
womens
Women’s Citizenship Rights
Women’s Political Behavior
Women’s Political Participation
Women’s Political Rights
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- ISBN 9780415998956
- Weight: 250g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2008
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the relationship between religion, democracy, and women's organizations in Kuwait. More specifically, it looks at whether these organizations are working toward achieving formal political rights for women. Helen Rizzo examines how interpretations of religion affected the goals and activities of the organizations in terms of women's empowerment and if the organizations were pushing the democratization process. Much of the recent literature on the relationship between Islam, democracy, and women's rights has been negative and pessimistic. Instead, this book examines the complicated relationship between these three things, arguing that some women in Kuwait are using Islam in their discourse to justify women's right to equality and public participation, thus countering the arguments that see Islam, democracy, and women's rights as inherently and culturally incompatible.
Helen Mary Rizzo has been Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo since September 2001. Her recent research interests are women's political rights in Kuwait and social change in Kuwait, with a focus on citizens' changing attitudes toward democracy, the West and the Middle East.
