Myths about women's rights : how, where, and why rights advance / Feryal M. Cherif.
Myths about women's rights : how, where, and why rights advance / Feryal M. Cherif.
Myths about women's rights : how, where, and why rights advance / Feryal M. Cherif.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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G 2015/4437
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English
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x, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Conventional wisdoms about women's rights -- The core rights framework -- The evolution of women's nationality rights -- Struggling for political equality: from de jure to de facto rights -- The path toward reproductive choice -- Toward economic equality: the status of women's property rights -- Cul...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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England
Date Published
[2015]
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Two conventional wisdoms dominate debates about why women's rights advance in some places but not others. While culture and religion are understood to be the primary barriers to gender equality, efforts by international institutions and women's groups to change social norms are often seen as the most effective way to reduce discrimination. This boo...
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Myths about women's rights : how, where, and why rights advance / Feryal M. Cherif.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-268) and index.
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G 2015/4437
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74VKRj2Bppoy
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ISBN
0190211172 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780190211172 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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305.42
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991023249979702626
