Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective provides a clear, detailed introduction to
women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and …

A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments
in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the …

Public debates depict Arabs as opposed to gender equality because of Islam. However,
there may be substantial numbers of Arab Muslims who do support feminist issues and who …

Although female political representation in the Arab world has nearly doubled in the last
decade, little is known about how voters in the region view female politicians and their …

The adoption of electoral quotas for politically under-represented groups has become a
prominent policy worldwide. An increasing number of states have adopted youth quotas …

This article investigates how paired electoral quotas re-distribute parliamentary seats
between majority and minority groups. Focusing on gender and youth quotas, we use the …

What has the Arab Spring meant to women, and women's rights, in the region? Three years
after the mass social protests of January and February 2011, when and where can we …

Previous public opinion studies argued that in the Arab Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) Muslim citizens support gender equality less than non-Muslims, due to Islamic …

The women's movement has become increasingly entangled with the “secularism versus
Islamism” debate in today's Turkey. While secular feminists believe that escalating …

This textbook delivers a new thematic introduction to social theory that explores theoretical
issues in their contemporary social contexts. Each chapter is devoted to a specific thematic …