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Women in civil society : the state, Islamism, and networks in the UAE / Wanda Krause.

By:

Krause, Wanda [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 264 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0230609562
9780230609563

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.48697095357 22

LOC classification:

HQ1731.5 .K73 2008

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Contributor biographical information

Contents:

1. Women in Civil Society: Key Issues in the Middle East -- 2. Civil Society and Rentierism? Challenges to the UAE Woman -- 3. Rentier Governmentality: Activism in UAE Women's Organizations and Clubs -- 4. Women and Islamist Politics: Activism in Islamic-Oriented Associations -- 5. Women's Activism through Networking -- 6. Women in Civil Society: Prospects for the UAE.

Summary: "In this path-breaking study, Wanda Krause presents evidence of civil society emerging and in some dynamic ways in the Arab Gulf. She looks at the key role women play in the United Arab Emirates by analyzing women in government-run organizations, Islamic-oriented associations/Islamist groups, and women's networks. Krause also expands the definition of civil society beyond its 'western' biases. In this endeavor, she incorporates indigenous forms of action and multitude forms of women's agency. This book will benefit all those interested in the relationship between civil society and a wide array of subjects, such as gender, Islamism, human rights, development, feminism, governmentality, security, globalization, and social networks."--Publisher's website.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index.

"In this path-breaking study, Wanda Krause presents evidence of civil society emerging and in some dynamic ways in the Arab Gulf. She looks at the key role women play in the United Arab Emirates by analyzing women in government-run organizations, Islamic-oriented associations/Islamist groups, and women's networks. Krause also expands the definition of civil society beyond its 'western' biases. In this endeavor, she incorporates indigenous forms of action and multitude forms of women's agency. This book will benefit all those interested in the relationship between civil society and a wide array of subjects, such as gender, Islamism, human rights, development, feminism, governmentality, security, globalization, and social networks."--Publisher's website.

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