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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Auteur principal: Maktabi, Rania 1963- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2017
Dans: Die Welt des Islams
Année: 2017, Volume: 57, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 429-457
Sujets non-standardisés:B Kuwait
 women
 parliament
 citizenship
 Bidun
 representation
 women's interests
 Islamists

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Résumé: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
Contient:In: Die Welt des Islams
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700607-05734p08