Gender Politics in Transition : The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014

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Gender Politics in Transition : The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014

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The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014

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by Eva Schmidt

Creator

• Schmidt, Eva

Subject

• Identity politics
• Public policy

Language

eng

Summary

Eva Schmidt analyses how power relations, ideas, and institutions in Tunisian gender politics changed during the democratisation process 2011–2014. Her analysis of gender politics offers a productive lens to understand the course of the Tunisian transition. As gender policies are integral to Tunisian national identity, they became a major battlefield in the fight for political inclusion and exclusion. In this context, liberal and leftist feminists accessed the decision-making institutions and enhanced the existing women’s rights legislation. Yet the intertwinement of modernist nationalism with women’s rights also limited the scope for feminist demands. This book contributes a unique case study to political transitology and advances an original theoretical approach based on Bourdieu’s theory of the political field. Contents Applying Bourdieu to the changing Tunisian field The historical formation of the political field January 2011 – October 2011: The women’s quota October 2011 – December 2013: The women’s rights article December 2013 – May 2014: The women’s quota 2.0 Target Groups Lecturers and students of political science (Transitology, Policy Analysis, Gender) Experts in development cooperation The Author Eva Schmidt is a political scientist in the field of contentious politics and political sociology. She conducted her research on the Tunisian democratisation process as a doctoral researcher at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies.--

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• Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens,

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non fiction

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dictionaries

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• Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens,
• Springer eBooks.