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.
- ISBN13 9783658285395
- Publish Date 14 November 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country DE
- Publisher Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Imprint Springer VS
- Edition 1st ed. 2020
- Format Paperback
- Pages 327
- Language English