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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Autor principal: Maktabi, Rania 1963- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Brill 2017
En: Die Welt des Islams
Año: 2017, Volumen: 57, Número: 3/4, Páginas: 429-457
Otras palabras clave:B Kuwait
 women
 parliament
 citizenship
 Bidun
 representation
 women's interests
 Islamists

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Sumario: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.

ISSN:1570-0607
Obras secundarias:In: Die Welt des Islams
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700607-05734p08