| Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East Contributor(s): Joseph, Suad (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815628641 ISBN-13: 9780815628644 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: These essays illustrate the various ways in which women fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an in-depth examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law, labor law, nationality, and social security law. Others include indicators such as female education and employment, and many comment on the types of mobilization and activism engaged in by Middle Eastern women themselves to press for an expansion of their citizenship rights. Along with its sister volume, Citizenship and State in the Middle East: Applications and Approaches, also by Syracuse University Press, this book represents a pioneering approach to the Middle East from a citizenship perspective. The contributors raise a number of important and controversial issues that merit serious consideration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
| Dewey: 323.609 |
| LCCN: 00037015 |
| Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.28" W x 9.33" (1.52 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law and labour law. |