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MUSLIM WOMEN AND POWER
POLITICAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN WEST EUROPEAN SOCIETIES |
| By: |
Daniele Joly, Khursheed Wadia |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£99.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1137480610 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781137480613 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
21 April, 2017 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2017 |
| Series: |
Gender and Politics |
| Pages: |
322 |
| Description: |
Looking at Muslim women s political and civic engagement in Britain and France, this book examines their interaction with civil society and state institutions in their development as political actors at the intersections of their groups and society. Three main spheres of action are identified: the ethnic group, religious group and majority society. |
| Synopsis: |
This book provides an account of Muslim women's political and civic engagement in Britain and France. It examines their interaction with civil society and state institutions to provide an understanding of their development as political actors. The authors argue that Muslim women's participation is expressed at the intersections of the groups and society to which they belong. In Britain and France, their political attitudes and behaviour are influenced by their national/ethnic origins, religion and specific features of British and French societies. Thus three main spheres of action are identified: the ethnic group, religious group and majority society. Unequal, gendered power relations characterise the interconnection(s) between these spheres of action. Muslim women are positioned within these complex relations and find obstacles and/or facilitators governing their capacity to act politically. The authors suggest that Muslim women's interest in politics, knowledge of it and participation in both institutional and informal politics is higher than expected. This book will appeal to students and scholars of politics, sociology, gender studies and social anthropology, and will also be of use to policy makers and practitioners in the field of gender and ethno-religious/ethno-cultural policy. |
| Illustrations: |
20 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 322 p. 20 illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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