Seeking legitimacy : why Arab autocracies adopt women's rights / Aili Mari Tripp.
Seeking legitimacy : why Arab autocracies adopt women's rights / Aili Mari Tripp.
Seeking legitimacy : why Arab autocracies adopt women's rights / Aili Mari Tripp.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/4844
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 317 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Comparing the Maghreb and the Middle East -- Women's rights : comparing the Middle East and the Maghreb -- Setting the stage for gender reforms -- Legislative and constitutional women's rights reforms in Arab countries -- Part ii. Case studies -- Morocco -- Algeria -- Tunisia -- Conclusions.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in the Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women's rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts. The study challenges existing accounts that rely primarily on religiosity to explain the adoption of women's rights in Muslim-majority countries. Based on extensive field...
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Seeking legitimacy : why Arab autocracies adopt women's rights / Aili Mari Tripp.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Ebook version : 9781108628242
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G 2019/4844
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74VKV5rkkeQy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5rkkeQy
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ISBN
9781108425643 (hardcover alkaline paper)
110842564X (hardcover alkaline paper)
9781108442848 (paperback)
1108442846 (paperback)
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323.340961
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991024269629102626
