Easat-Daas Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France and Belgium

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-48725-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 201 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: New Directions in Islam

This book outlines the principal motivations, opportunities and barriers to Muslim women’s political participation in France and francophone Belgium. Easat-Daas draws on in-depth comparative contextual analysis along with semi-structured interview material with women from France and Belgium who self-identify as Muslim and are active in a variety of modes of political participation, such European Parliamentarians, Senators, councilwomen, trade-union activists and those engaged in grass-roots political movements. This provides an alternative framing of Muslim women, removed from the tired and often exaggerated stereotypes that portray them as passive objects or sources of threat, instead highlighting their remarkable resilience and consistent determination. Through exploring the intersecting fault lines of racial, Islamophobic and gendered struggles of Muslim women in these two cases, this book also sheds new light on the role of ‘European Islam’, political opportunity structures, secularism and Muslim women’s dress.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Easat-Daas, Amina

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Motivations: What Motivates Muslim Women to Participate in Politics?.- Chapter 3: Opportunities: Where do the Opportunities for Muslim Women’s Participation in Politics Lie?.- Chapter 4: Barriers: What Limits Muslim Women’s Political Participation?.- Chapter 5: Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Amina Easat-Daas is an Early Career Academic Fellow in the Department of Politics, People and Place at De Montfort University, UK.