Seeking legitimacy : why Arab autocracies adopt women's rights /
Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in the Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women's rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts. The study challenges existing accounts that rely primarily on religiosity to explain the adoption of women's r...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Comparing the Maghreb and the Middle East
- Women's rights : comparing the Middle East and the Maghreb
- Setting the stage for gender reforms
- Legislative and constitutional women's rights reforms in Arab countries
- Part ii. Case studies
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Conclusions.