Reluctant Feminists: Islamist MPs and the Representation of Women in Kuwait after 2005
Drawing on theories of representation in general, and “the politics of presence” perspective in particular, this article explores whether and how female parliamentarians in Kuwait influenced male MPs to support female civil and economic rights after women’s enfranchisement in 2005.
| Published in: | Die Welt des Islams |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Die Welt des Islams
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| Further subjects: | B
Kuwait
women
parliament
citizenship
Bidun
representation
women's interests
Islamists
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Drawing on theories of representation in general, and “the politics of presence” perspective in particular, this article explores whether and how female parliamentarians in Kuwait influenced male MPs to support female civil and economic rights after women’s enfranchisement in 2005.
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| ISSN: | 1570-0607 |
| Contains: | In: Die Welt des Islams
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700607-05734p08 |