Women Power And Politics In 21st Century Iran

Author : Tara Povey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134779895

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Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran by Tara Povey Pdf

This book examines the women's movement in Iran and its role in contesting gender relations since the 1979 revolution. Looking at examples from politics, law, employment, environment, media and religion and the struggle for democracy, this book demonstrates how material conditions have important social and political consequences for the lives of women in Iran and exposes the need to challenge the dominant theoretical perspectives on gender and Islam. A truly fascinating insider's look at the experiences of Iranian women as academics, political and civil society activists, this book counters the often inaccurate and misleading stereotyping of Iranian women to present a vibrant and diverse picture of these women's lives. A welcome and unique addition to the vibrant and growing literature on women, Islam, development, democracy and feminisms.

Author : Hamideh Sedghi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0511294239

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Women and Politics in Iran by Hamideh Sedghi Pdf

Why were urban women veiled in early 1900s, unveiled 1936 to 1979, and reveiled after 1979 revolution? This question is the basis of Hamideh Sedghi's contribution to politics and Middle Eastern studies. Sedghi gives new knowledge on women's agency in relation to state power. She places contention over women at center of political struggle between secular and religious forces and shows that control over women's identities, sexuality, and labor has been central to consolidation of state power. She links politics and culture with economics to present an analysis of private and public lives of different classes of women and their modes of resistance to state power. Sedghi incorporates women in Iranian history, focuses on state-gender-religion relations and addresses women's responses to Iranian state, women's agency, and their resistance-- Publisher's description.

Author : Homa Katouzian,Hossein Shahidi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134077595

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Iran in the 21st Century by Homa Katouzian,Hossein Shahidi Pdf

Iran is an ancient country, an oil-exporting economy and an Islamic Republic. It experienced two full-scale revolutions in the twentieth century, the latter of which had large and important regional and international consequences, including an eight-year war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. And now in the twenty-first century, it confronts issues and experiences problems which have important implications for its future development and external relations. Featuring outstanding contributions from leading sociologists, social anthropologists, political scientists and economists in the field of Iranian studies, this book is the first to examine Iran and its position in the contemporary world. In developing this argument, topics examined include: social developments in the country including gender relations contemporary politics international relations relations with the US and Israel nuclear weapons and energy programmes oil and the development of the economy.

Author : Jyotika Teckchandani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 8177084380

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Islam and Gender Politics in Iran by Jyotika Teckchandani Pdf

This study explores the links between religion, gender, and nation in the context of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). Contrary to popular perception, state, gender, and religion-particularly in Islam-are not monolithic categories; the relationship among them is one of dynamic interactive processes without any fixed pattern. Author Jyotika Teckchandani shows how gender, religion, class, and ideologies interplay for negotiating the privileges and rights of women within the existing polity and power structure of Iran. Contrary to the dominant Western narrative about the perpetual marginalization of women in Iran, the present work claims that contraction or expansion of women's rights and privileges depend upon the nature of the political regime, the strength of the women's movement, and socio-economic dynamics of Iranian society. [Subject: Middle East Studies, Islamic Studies, Gender Studies, Iranian Studies]

Author : Robin B. Wright
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781601270849

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The Iran Primer by Robin B. Wright Pdf

A comprehensive but concise overview of Iran's politics, economy, military, foreign policy, and nuclear program. The volume chronicles U.S.-Iran relations under six American presidents and probes five options for dealing with Iran. Organized thematically, this book provides top-level briefings by 50 top experts on Iran (both Iranian and Western authors) and is a practical and accessible "go-to" resource for practitioners, policymakers, academics, and students, as well as a fascinating wealth of information for anyone interested in understanding Iran's pivotal role in world politics.

Author : Hamideh Sedghi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 0511296576

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Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling and Reveiling by Hamideh Sedghi Pdf

Why were urban women veiled in the early 1900s, unveiled from 1936 to 1979, and reveiled after the 1979 revolution? This question forms the basis of Hamideh Sedghi's original and unprecedented contribution to politics and Middle Eastern studies. Using primary and secondary sources, Sedghi offers new knowledge on women's agency in relation to state power. In this rigorous analysis she places contention over women at the centre of the political struggle between secular and religious forces and demonstrates that control over women's identities, sexuality, and labor has been central to the consolidation of state power. Sedghi links politics and culture with economics to present an integrated analysis of the private and public lives of different classes of women and their modes of resistance to state power.

Author : Dr Elaheh Rostami-Povey,Ms Tara Povey
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409476795

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Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran by Dr Elaheh Rostami-Povey,Ms Tara Povey Pdf

This book examines the women's movement in Iran and its role in contesting gender relations since the 1979 revolution. Looking at examples from politics, law, employment, environment, media and religion and the struggle for democracy, this book demonstrates how material conditions have important social and political consequences for the lives of women in Iran and exposes the need to challenge the dominant theoretical perspectives on gender and Islam. A truly fascinating insider's look at the experiences of Iranian women as academics, political and civil society activists, this book counters the often inaccurate and misleading stereotyping of Iranian women to present a vibrant and diverse picture of these women's lives. A welcome and unique addition to the vibrant and growing literature on women, Islam, development, democracy and feminisms.

Author : Parvin Paidar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Feminism
ISBN : OCLC:1409182671

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Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-century Iran by Parvin Paidar Pdf

Author : Homa Katouzian
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415435581

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Iran in the Twenty-first Century by Homa Katouzian Pdf

Iran is an ancient country, an oil-exporting economy and an Islamic Republic. It experienced two full-scale revolutions in the twentieth century, the latter of which had large and important regional and international consequences, including an eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. And now in the twenty-first century, it confronts issues and experiences problems which have important implications for its future development and external relations. Featuring outstanding contributions from leading sociologists, social anthropologists, political scientists and economists in the field of Iranian studies, this book is the first to examine Iran and its position in the contemporary world. In developing this argument, topics examined include: social developments in the country including gender relations contemporary politics international relations relations with the US and Israel nuclear weapons and energy programmes oil and the development of the economy.

Author : Haleh Esfandiari
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0801856191

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Reconstructed Lives by Haleh Esfandiari Pdf

Iranian women tell in their own words what the revolution attempted and how they responded. The Islamic revolution of 1979 transformed all areas of Iranian life. For women, the consequences were extensive and profound, as the state set out to reverse legal and social rights women had won and to dictate many aspects of women's lives, including what they could study and how they must dress and relate to men. Reconstructed Lives presents Iranian women telling in their own words what the revolution attempted and how they responded. Through a series of interviews with professional and working women in Iran—doctors, lawyers, writers, professors, secretaries, businesswomen—Haleh Esfandiari gathers dramatic accounts of what has happened to their lives as women in an Islamic society. She and her informants describe the strategies by which women try to and sometimes succeed in subverting the state's agenda. Esfandiari also provides historical background on the women's movement in Iran. She finds evidence in Iran's experience that even women from "traditional" and working classes do not easily surrender rights or access they have gained to education, career opportunities, and a public role.

Author : Sanam Vakil
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441197344

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Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran by Sanam Vakil Pdf

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Author : Suad Joseph,Susan Slyomovics
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812206906

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Women and Power in the Middle East by Suad Joseph,Susan Slyomovics Pdf

The seventeen essays in Women and Power in the Middle East analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. Published at different times in Middle East Report, the journal of the Middle East Research and Information Project, the essays document empirically the similarities and differences in the gendering of relations of power in twelve countries—Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iran. Together they seek to build a framework for understanding broad patterns of gender in the Arab-Islamic world. Challenging questions are addressed throughout. What roles have women played in politics in this region? When and why are women politically mobilized, and which women? Does the nature and impact of their mobilization differ if it is initiated by the state, nationalist movements, revolutionary parties, or spontaneous revolt? And what happens to women when those agents of mobilization win or lose? In investigating these and other issues, the essays take a look at the impact of rapid social change in the Arab-Islamic world. They also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Indeed the essays present rich new approaches to assessing what political participation has meant for women in this region and how emerging national states there have dealt with organized efforts by women to influence the institutions that govern their lives. Designed for courses in Middle East, women's, and cultural studies, Women and Power in the Middle East offers to both students and scholars an excellent introduction to the study of gender in the Arab-Islamic world.

Author : Leila Alikarami
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788318860

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Women and Equality in Iran by Leila Alikarami Pdf

Iran's continued retention of discriminatory laws stands in stark contrast to the advances Iranian women have made in other spheres since the Revolution in 1979. Leila Alikarami here aims to determine the extent to which the actions of women's rights activists have led to a significant change in their legal status. She argues that while Iranian women have not yet obtained legal equality, the gender bias of the Iranian legal system has been successfully challenged and has lost its legitimacy. More pertinently, the social context has become more prepared to accommodate legal rights for women. Highlighting the key challenges that proponents of gender equality face in the Muslim context, Alikarami attempts to ascertain the causes of Iran's failure to ratify the CEDAW and questions whether and to what extent interpretations of Islamic principles prevent Iran from doing so. Applying feminist legal theory to contemporary Iran, Alikarami's approach re-evaluates the underlying principles that have shaped the struggle for equal rights between the sexes.

Author : Parvin Paidar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 052159572X

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Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran by Parvin Paidar Pdf

In a challenging and authoritative analysis, Parvin Paidar considers how Iranian women have been affected, and their position redefined, by the political transformations of twentieth-century Iran.

Author : Janet Afary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521898461

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Sexual Politics in Modern Iran by Janet Afary Pdf

This book charts the history of Iran's sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. The resilience of the Iranian people forms the basis of this sexual revolution, one that is promoting reforms in marriage and family laws, and demanding more egalitarian gender and sexual relations.