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.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| In: |
Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2017, Volume: 57, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 429-457 |
| Further subjects: | B
Kuwait
women
parliament
citizenship
Bidun
representation
women's interests
Islamists
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Publisher) |
| 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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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1570-0607 |
| Contains: | In: Die Welt des Islams
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700607-05734p08 |
