Ebook: Gender, Governance and Islam

Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

Analyses the links between gender and governance in contemporary Muslim majority countries and diaspora contexts

Following a period of rapid political change, both globally and in relation to the Middle East and South Asia, this collection sets new terms of reference for an analysis of the intersections between global, state, non-state and popular actors and their contradictory effects on the politics of gender.

The volume charts the shifts in academic discourse and global development practice that shape our understanding of gender both as an object of policy and as a terrain for activism. Nine individual case studies systematically explore how struggles for political control and legitimacy determine both the ways in which dominant gender orders are safeguarded and the diverse forms of resistance against them.

Key Features

• Highlights the centrality of gender politics in understanding political changes and new forms of governance in Muslim majority contexts
• Explores gender politics in Muslim majority countries as well as Muslim diasporas in Europe and the US
• Critically discusses the transformations of the role of religion in intersecting layers of local, national and transnational governance
• Presents 9 case studies: Egypt; Iran; Turkey; Saudi Arabia; Afghanistan; Palestine; Iraq; Pakistan; and diasporic communities in Europe and North America