Alice J. Kang

Bargaining for Women's Rights

Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing a solid analytic framework forunderstanding conflict over women's rights policies without stereotypingMuslims, Bargaining for Women's Rights demonstrates that, contrary toconventional wisdom, Islam does not have a uniformly negative effect on theprospects of such legislation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780816692187
• ISBN-10: 0816692181
• Artikelnr.: 42648289

Autorenporträt

Alice J. Kang is assistant professor of political science and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Women’s Rights in an African Muslim Democracy
1. A French Colonial Legacy: The Making of Niger’s Legal System
2. The Puzzle of Non-Adoption: Why Niger Has No Family Code
3. Bargaining for Women’s Representation: The Adoption of a Gender Quota
4. Bringing Rights Home: How Niger Ratified CEDAW and Rejected the Maputo
Protocol
Conclusion: Rethinking Women’s Activism
Appendix: Research Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index