Gender Politics in Transition von Eva Schmidt | The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014 | ISBN 9783658285401

Gender Politics in Transition

The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014

von Eva Schmidt
Buchcover Gender Politics in Transition | Eva Schmidt | EAN 9783658285401 | ISBN 3-658-28540-0 | ISBN 978-3-658-28540-1

Gender Politics in Transition

The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014

von Eva Schmidt

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.