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02821aam a2200385 a 4500 001 0663D10A27E111E28D42D0E26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121106010327 008 120830s2012 enkab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2011278990 020 $a 184885885X (hbk.) 020 $a 9781848858855 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)757931979 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $c UKMGB $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d YNK $d MEAUC $d UAT $d NDD $d BWX $d MUU $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a f-ua--- 050 00 $a HQ1793 $b .K73 2012 100 1 $a Krause, Wanda. 245 1 $a Civil society and women activists in the Middle East : $b Islamic and secular organizations in Egypt / $c Wanda Krause. 260 $a London ; $b I.B. Tauris, $c 2012. 300 $a viii, 263 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Library of modern Middle East studies ; $v 118 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-255) and index. 505 0 $a Women activists in the Middle East -- Civil society and political participation -- Key issues for struggle : poverty and marginalization -- Practical considerations for methodology and fieldwork -- The Islamic and secular as means of participation -- Empowerment through the feminine and strategic -- Women's activism through networking. 520 $a "In the Middle East, and in Egypt in particular, there has always been a tendency to accord complete supremacy to the authority and might of the state, and to see society as a separate, powerless entity. However, after the uprising of 2011, this assumption was turned on its head. And it is the wide range of political activity beyond the remit of the official state where Wanda Krause locates a dynamic potential for political change from the bottom up. She looks in particular at the influential role of women's private voluntary organizations in Egypt in shaping concepts of civil society and democracy. Exploring both secular and Islamist organizations, she offers a steadfast critique of the view that Islamic women activists are insignificant, backward or uncivil. Krause's examination of women activists in Egypt today is vital for those interested in Middle East and Gender Studies, as well as those researching the wider issues of civil society and democratization"--Publisher's website. 650 0 $a Women $z Egypt $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Women political activists $z Egypt $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Civil society $z Egypt $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Social action $z Egypt $x History $y 21st century. 830 0 $a Library of modern Middle East studies ; $v 118. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106054221.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826054331.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917013218.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0663D10A27E111E28D42D0E26AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search