Overview
- Rich empirical analysis of the Tunisian transitional process
- A Bourdieuan policy analysis
Part of the book series: Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens (PGNO)
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About this book
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.
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About 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender Politics in Transition
Book Subtitle: The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014
Authors: Eva Schmidt
Series Title: Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28540-1
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-28539-5Published: 14 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-28540-1Published: 11 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2626-224X
Series E-ISSN: 2626-2258
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 327
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Politics and Gender, Public Policy