Gender Politics in Transition: The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014 - Couverture souple

Schmidt, Eva

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3658285397 ISBN 13 : 9783658285395

Editeur : Springer VS, 2019

Synopsis

Eva Schmidt analyses how power relations, ideas, and institutions in Tunisian gender politics changed during the democratisation process 2011–2014. Her analysis of gender politics offers a productive lens to understand the course of the Tunisian transition. As gender policies are integral to Tunisian national identity, they became a major battlefield in the fight for political inclusion and exclusion. In this context, liberal and leftist feminists accessed the decision-making institutions and enhanced the existing women’s rights legislation. Yet the intertwinement of modernist nationalism with women’s rights also limited the scope for feminist demands. This book contributes a unique case study to political transitology and advances an original theoretical approach based on Bourdieu’s theory of the political field. 

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Eva Schmidt is a political scientist in the field of contentious politics and political sociology. She conducted her research on the Tunisian democratisation process as a doctoral researcher at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer VS
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3658285397
• ISBN 13: 9783658285395
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
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